"The Spirit does not accept volunteers."
"It doesn’t matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power."
"A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting."
"A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power."
"A path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy— it does not make a warrior work at liking it; it makes for a joyful journey; as long as a man follows it, he is one with it."
"A warrior is never concerned about his fear."
"On the Path of Knowledge there are four natural enemies: fear, clarity, power and old age."
"A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing."
"A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he’s clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything."
"A warrior doesn’t know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate one’s acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self."
"A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it."
"A warrior seeks to act rather than talk."
"A warrior thinks of death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit."
"The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse."
"An average man is too concerned with liking people or with being liked himself. A warrior likes, that’s all. He likes whatever or whomever he wants, for the hell of it."
"The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity."
"Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?"
"Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid."
"Impeccability is nothing else but the proper use of energy."
"Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated."
"Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way."
"Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does."
"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
"The world is incomprehensible. We won’t ever understand it; we won’t ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery."
"No person is important enough to make me angry."
"To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle."
"We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye."
"The things that people do cannot under any conditions be more important than the world."
"It's better to get something worthwhile done using deception than to fail to get something worthwhile done using truth."
"The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die."
"It doesn’t matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power."
"A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting."
"A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power."
"A path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy— it does not make a warrior work at liking it; it makes for a joyful journey; as long as a man follows it, he is one with it."
"A warrior is never concerned about his fear."
"On the Path of Knowledge there are four natural enemies: fear, clarity, power and old age."
"A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing."
"A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he’s clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything."
"A warrior doesn’t know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate one’s acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self."
"A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it."
"A warrior seeks to act rather than talk."
"A warrior thinks of death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit."
"The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse."
"An average man is too concerned with liking people or with being liked himself. A warrior likes, that’s all. He likes whatever or whomever he wants, for the hell of it."
"The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity."
"Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?"
"Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid."
"Impeccability is nothing else but the proper use of energy."
"Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated."
"Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way."
"Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does."
"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
"The world is incomprehensible. We won’t ever understand it; we won’t ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery."
"No person is important enough to make me angry."
"To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle."
"We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye."
"The things that people do cannot under any conditions be more important than the world."
"It's better to get something worthwhile done using deception than to fail to get something worthwhile done using truth."
"The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die."
