4 Carlos Castaneda Quotes on Humility

Carlos Castaneda quotes on humility

25. Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.

42. The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor for anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.

53. To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.

63. The things that people do cannot under any conditions be more important than the world.