perceiving the world” entails a process of apprehending whatever presents itself to us. This particular “perceiving” is done with our senses and with… - Carlos Castañeda

If a warrior is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.

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.

A warrior has no honor, no dignity, no family, no name, no country; he has only life to be lived, and under these circumstances, his only tie to his fellow men is his controlled folly.