A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.
Carlos CastanedaLet's say that when every one of us is born we bring with us a little ring of power. That little ring is almost immediately put to use. So every one of us is already hooked from birth and our rings of power are joined to everyone else's. In other words, our rings of power are hooked to the doing of the world in order to make the world.
Carlos CastanedaSelf-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.
Carlos CastanedaThe ego is like a tired old dog. We can never kill it, so put it out on the back porch, let it rest there, and step around it.
Carlos Castaneda