The spirit listens only when the speaker speaks in gestures. And gestures do not mean signs or body movements, but acts of true abandon, acts of largesse, of humor. As a gesture to the spirit, warriors bring out the best of themselves and silently offer it to the abstract.

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

The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.

We chose whether to be warriors or to be ordinary.

When you need an answer, look over your left shoulder and ask your death.

When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.

Tonight in your dreams you must look at your hands.