Carlos Castaneda citáty

„Človek poznania žije tým, že koná, a nie len premýšľa o konaní … Tak sa človek poznania potí a drie a ak sa na neho človek pozrie, je ako obyčajný človek s tým rozdielom, že bláznovstvo svojho života má pod kontrolou.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

„Zaiste, vesmír je dobrácky. Možno, že ťa zničí, ale behom toho procesu ťa bude učiť niečo, čo má cenu vedieť.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

Prisudzované výroky

„Hľadať slobodu, to je jediná hnacia sila, ktorú poznám. Slobodu odletieť tam do tej nekonečnosti. Slobodu rozplynúť sa, zodvihnúť sa, byť ako planúca svieca, ktorá žiari proti svetlu miliard hviezd a aj napriek tomu zostáva nedotknutá, pretože nikdy nepredstierala, že je niečím väčším než tým, čím naozaj je, totiž obyčajnou sviečkou.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

Potvrdené výroky
Zdroj: CASTANEDA, Carlos: Umenie snívať. Praha: Volvox Globator, 1998, s. 78.

„Ani si neuvedomujeme, že si môžeme čokoľvek a kedykoľvek odstrániť a vyčleniť z nášho života, jedným mihnutím oka.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

„Hľadaj a pozeraj sa na všetky zázraky okolo teba. Unavíš sa, ak sa budeš pozerať len sám na seba a tá únava ťa ohluší a oslepí voči všetkému inému. - Don Juan“

—  Carlos Castaneda

„Buď budeme nešťastní, alebo budeme silní. Množstvo práce, ktoré vynaložíme na jedno alebo to druhé, je rovnaké.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

„Trik spočíva v tom, na čo sa kladie dôraz. Buď sa budeme cítiť mizerne alebo budeme šťastní. Množstvo práce, ktoré vynaložíme na oba pocity, je rovnaké.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

„For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length--and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

Zdroj: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

„We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.“

—  Carlos Castaneda, kniha Journey to Ixtlan

Zdroj: Journey to Ixtlan

„To worry is to become accessible, unwittingly accessible. And once you worry you cling to anything out of desperation; and once you cling you are bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whoever or whatever you are clinging to.“

—  Carlos Castaneda, kniha Journey to Ixtlan

Zdroj: Journey to Ixtlan

„Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't then it is of no use to us.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

„We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.“

—  Carlos Castaneda, kniha Journey to Ixtlan

Varianta: We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same
Zdroj: Journey to Ixtlan

„To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its magic and makes milestones out of us all.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

„For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately avoids exhausting himself and others. He doesn’t use and squeeze people until they have shriveled to nothing, especially the people he loves.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

Carlos Castaneda, The Wheel of Time: The Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts about Life, Death and the Universe
Zdroj: https://books.google.com/books?id=aqz4lHgxNNYC&lpg=PP1&dq=castaneda%20wheel%20of%20time&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=%22inaccessible%20means%20that%20he%20touches%22&f=false

„Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.“

—  Carlos Castaneda, kniha Journey to Ixtlan

Zdroj: Journey to Ixtlan

„Nobody knows who I am or what I do. Not even I.

Don Juan Matus“

—  Carlos Castaneda, kniha Journey to Ixtlan

Zdroj: Journey to Ixtlan

„A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting… Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at him he is just like an ordinary man, except that the folly of his life is under his control.“

—  Carlos Castaneda

Carlos Castaneda (1971) Separate Reality: Conversations With Don Juan. p. 85; As cited in: Eugene Dupuis (2001) Time Shift: Managing Time to Create a Life You Love. Ch. 5: Self Management

„In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.“

—  Carlos Castaneda, kniha Journey to Ixtlan

Zdroj: Journey to Ixtlan

„Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.“

—  Carlos Castaneda