Carlos Castaneda — American Writer born on December 25, 1931, died on April 27, 1998

Carlos Castaneda was an American author with a Ph.D. in anthropology... (wikipedia)

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
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.
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.