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 bou… - Carlos Castañeda

All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimeter pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up.

آنچه دیروز در تو باز ایستاد همان جهانی بود که مردم برایت نقش زده اند۰ میدانی از لحظه ای که به دنیا می آییم آدمها به ما میگویند که جهان چنین است و چنان و اینطور است و آنطور و ما طبعاً ناگزیر از آنیم که جهان را آنگونه بنگریم که برایمان نقش زده اند۰

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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.