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Carlos Casteneda (b. 1931) American writer, mystic, anthropologist

Modern man has left the realm of the unknown and the mysterious, and has settled down in the realm of the functional. He has turned his back to the world of the foreboding and the exulting and has welcomed the world of boredom.

The Fire from Within (1984)

Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you... Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think is necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone, one question ... Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use.

The Teachings of Don Juan (1968)

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

The Teachings of Don Juan (1968)

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