Padma

“For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I want to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan

“The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.”
― Carlos Castaneda

“If one is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Tales of Power