The Hardest Thing In The World Is

The Only Thing We All Have In Common Is That We Play Tricks In Order To Force Ourselves To Abandon The Quest. The Counter-measure Is To Persist In Spite Of All The Barriers And Disappointments.

The Average Man Is Hooked To His Fellow Men, While The Warrior Is Hooked Only To Infinity.

One Cannot Enter Don Juan's World Intellectually, Like A Dilettante Seeking Fast And Fleeting Knowledge. Nor, In Don Juan's World, Can Anything Be Verified Absolutely. The Only Thing We Can Do Is Arrive At A State Of Increased Awareness That Allows Us To Perceive The World Around Us In A More Inclusive Manner.

You're In A Terrible Spot. It's Too Late For You To Retreat But Too Soon To Act. All You Can Do Is Witness. You're In The Miserable Position Of An Infant Who Cannot Return To The Mother's Womb, But Neither Can He Run Around And Act. All An Infant Can Do Is Witness And Listen To The Stupendous Tales Of Action Being Told To Him. You Are At That Precise Point Now. You Cannot Go Back To The Womb Of Your Old World, But You Cannot Act With Power Either. For You There Is Only Witnessing Acts Of Power And Listening To Tales Of Power.

Any Path Is Only A Path, And There Is No Affront To Oneself Or To Others, In Dropping It If That Is What Your Heart Tells You.