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«?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.?»
«To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.»
Author: Carlos Castaneda
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Act of, equals, lion, magnificent, mood, rats, regard, revolution, The Water, warrior
«?When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites?to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance?there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.?»
Author: Carlos Castaneda
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all four, assurance, assurances, blundering, fulfilled, pitiful, regrets, requisites, suffers, wide-awake
«?All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. However, a path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy?it does not make a warrior work at liking it; it makes for a joyful journey; as long as a man follows it, he is one with it.?»
«?If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.?»
Author: Carlos Castaneda
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a great deal, gently, great deal, obsession, obsessions, stress, stressed, stresses, Stressing, warrior
«?Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.?»
Author: Carlos Castaneda
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above all, Acts, constantly, disillusion, disillusioned, expectations, explanations, hands down, hand down, needed, on the other hand, parents, pinned, pins, pin down, pin up, relatives, renewed, telling, The Pin, warrior
«?The hardest thing in the world is to assume the mood of a warrior. It is of no use to be sad and complain and feel justified in doing so, believing that someone is always doing something it us. Nobody is doing anything to anybody, much less to a warrior.?»
Author: Carlos Castaneda
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assume, believing, complain, hardest, In the Mood, justified, justifying, mood, warrior
«?An average man is too concerned with liking people or with being liked himself. A warrior likes, that?s all. He likes whatever or whomever he wants, for the hell of it.?»
«?A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he?s clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.?»
«?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 a curse.?»
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