"Human beings
are perceivers, but the world that they
perceive is an illusion: an illusion
created by the description that was told
to them from the moment they were
born."
"The
basic difference between an ordinary man
and a warrior is that a warrior takes
everything as a challenge, while an
ordinary man takes everything as a
blessing or as a curse."
"Self-importance
is man's greatest enemy. What weakens
him is feeling offended by the deeds and
misdeeds of his fellow men.
Self-importance requires that one spend
most of one's life offended by something
or someone."
| From The
Fire From Within |
"Feeling
important makes one heavy, clumsy and
vain. To be a warrior one needs to be
light and fluid."
"A warrior has no honor, no dignity, no family, no name, no country; he has only life to be lived, and under these circumstances, his only tie to his fellow men is his controlled folly.
"
"When
one has nothing to lose, one becomes
courageous. We are timid only when there
is something we can still cling to."
| From The
Second Ring of Power |
"A
warrior considers himself already dead,
so there is nothing for him to
lose."
"I
am already given to the power that rules
my fate.
And I cling to nothing, so I will have
nothing to defend.
I have no thoughts, so I will see.
I fear nothing, so I will remember
myself.
Detached and at ease,
I will dart past the Eagle to be
free."
"A
warrior chooses a path with heart, any
path with heart, and follows it; and then
he rejoices and laughs. He knows because
he sees
that his life will be over altogether too
soon. He sees
that nothing is more important than
anything else."