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The Fire from Within QUOTES

The Fire from Within QUOTES

1 " Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

2 " Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

3 " Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those conditions can warriors acquire the sobriety and serenity to withstand the pressure of the unknowable. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

4 " My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents had done the same for them. He said that warriors were different in that they shift their assemblage points enough to realize the tremendous price that has been paid for their lives. This shift gives them the respect and awe that their parents never felt for life in general, or for being alive in particular. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

5 " Remember what I’ve told you,” he said. “Don’t count on emotional realizations. Let your assemblage point move first, then years later have the realization. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

6 " roomy. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

7 " We know that nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those conditions can warriors acquire the sobriety and serenity to stand the pressure of the unknowable. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

8 " He went on to say that conclusions arrived at through reasoning had very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives. Hence, the countless examples of people who have the clearest convictions and yet act diametrically against them time and time again, and have as the only explanation for their behavior the idea that to err is human. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within

9 " Seers can see, for instance, the light of the scarabs' emanations expanding to great size. "

― Carlos Castaneda , The Fire from Within