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““A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.””
Carlos Castaneda
““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.””
““A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for what he does.””
“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse”
Carlos Casteneda
“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.”
““When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.””
““Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.””
““A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.””
““A warrior never worries about his fear.””
““A warrior thinks of death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.””