The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.
Carlos CastanedaI had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality.
Carlos CastanedaA warrior thinks of death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.
Carlos Castaneda