permission." "I have to ask your permission," don Juan said, "because you're the only one who can allow the words pent up inside you to be tapped. I think I made the mistake of assuming you understand...

An average man doesn't do this, though. The world is never a mystery for him, and when he arrives at old age he is convinced he has nothing more to live for. An old man has not exhausted the world. He...

I asked him if each of the two spots had a special name. He said that the good one was called the sitio andthe bad one the enemy; he said these two places were the key to a man's wellbeing, especially...

the recapitulation, which consisted of a systematic scrutiny of one's life, segment by segment, an examination made not in the light of criticism or finding flaw, but in the light of an effort to...

He remarked that each of us was barred from silent knowledge by natural barriers, specific to each individual; and that the most impregnable of my barriers was the drive to disguise my complacency as...

Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush,or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths, but I am...

By looking at you he meant he welcomes you. He showed you that you need a spirit catcher and a pouch, but not from this area; his bag was from another part of the country. You have three stumbling...

The search for freedom is the only stimulating force that knows. Freedom to fly in that infinite up there; freedom to dissolve; freedom to detach himself from everything; To be like the flame of a...

No!" he said emphatically. "Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowingthings that are useless?

A man isdefeated only when he no longer tries, and abandons himself.

..there was no need to injure the shrubs, since we had already injured the quail.

The path without a heart is never joyful. Already in order to get to it, you have to work hard. On the contrary, the path that has a heart is always easy; To love him, you do not need much effort.

- My only reason is to really want to learn, just to know. I assure you, Don Juan, that my intentions are not bad....

“The darkness in the room of this hotel was unusual. She brought me a sense of peace and harmony. She also brought me a feeling of deep sadness, longing for human heat, in society. I felt more than...

“Fear means nothing compared to love. Fear makes you move like it, love makes you move reasonably. ”

"You will hear if you stop listening to your ears"

““ At the third, we tend to lose ourselves in detail, ”he answered. - Considering things with great care and interest means withstanding an almost irresistible desire to delve into details. ”

“He said that for me the only difference between the perception of my world and the perception of their world is that the perception of their world began and ended in the blink of an eye. The...