“We don’t need anyone to teach us sorcery, because there is really nothing to learn. What we need is a teacher to convince us that there is incalculable power at our fingertips. What a strange paradox!”
― Power of Silence
― Power of Silence
“Self-pity is the real enemy and the source of man's misery. Without a degree of pity for himself, man could not afford to be as self-important as he is. However, once the force of self-importance is engaged, it develops its own momentum. And it is this seemingly independent nature of self-importance which gives it its fake sense of worth.”
― The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of don Juan
― The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of don Juan
“he defined stalking as the art of using behavior in novel ways for specific purposes. He said that normal human behavior in the world of everyday life was routine. Any behavior that broke from routine caused an unusual effect on our total being. That unusual effect was what sorcerers sought, because it was cumulative.”
― Power of Silence
― Power of Silence
“He remarked that each of us was barred from silent knowledge by natural barriers, specific to each individual; and that the most impregnable of my barriers was the drive to disguise my complacency as independence.”
― Power of Silence
― Power of Silence
“I said to don Juan that it was not generosity that made me give away the packages but cold fury. I had to do something to calm myself, and that was the first thing that occurred to me.
"But that's exactly what I've been telling you. Your generosity is not genuine," he retorted and began to laugh at my dismay.”
― The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of don Juan
"But that's exactly what I've been telling you. Your generosity is not genuine," he retorted and began to laugh at my dismay.”
― The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of don Juan
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