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.

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

The secret is not in what you do to yourself but rather in what you don't do.

Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.

You say you need help. Help for what? You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.

Challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.

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.