The hardest thing in the world is to assume the mood of a warrior. It is of no use to be sad and complain and feel justified in doing so,believing that someone is always doing something to us. Nobody is doing anything to anybody, much less to a warrior.

I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their acts are important. I don't feel that way any longer.

One can say that the nagual accounts for creativity. The nagual is the only part of us that can create.

We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.

Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.