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[Thunderbird]

That was an unexpected turn. I believe you have read "The wheel of Time"

Quotations from The Wheel of Time by Carlos Castaneda

"Human beings are perceivers, but the world that they perceive is an illusion: an illusion created by the description that was told to them from the moment they were born."

From Tales of Power


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"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 as a blessing or as a curse."

From Tales of Power


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"Self-importance is man's greatest enemy. What weakens him is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of his fellow men. Self-importance requires that one spend most of one's life offended by something or someone."

From The Fire From Within


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"Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid."

From A Separate Reality


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"A warrior has no honor, no dignity, no family, no name, no country; he has only life to be lived, and under these circumstances, his only tie to his fellow men is his controlled folly. "

From A Separate Reality


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

From The Second Ring of Power


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"A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing for him to lose."

From Tales of Power


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"I am already given to the power that rules my fate.
And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend.
I have no thoughts, so I will see.
I fear nothing, so I will remember myself.

Detached and at ease,
I will dart past the Eagle to be free."

From The Eagle's Gift


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"A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else."

From A Separate Reality