To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.

The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.

Only a warrior can survive the path of knowledge because the art of the warrior is to balance the pain of being a man with the wonder of being a man.

I'm afraid you will have to fly holding the rock with its heavy chain.

Whenever you are in the world of the tonal, you should be an impeccable tonal; no time for irrational crap. But whenever you are in the world of the nagual, you should also be impeccable; no time for rational crap. For the warrior intent is the gate in between. It closes completely behind him when he goes either way

For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood.

Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason.