08-04-2012, 12:13 AM
"An unconquerable pessimism overtakes a warrior at a certain point on
his path. A sense of defeat, or perhaps more accurately, a sense of
unworthiness,
comes upon him almost unawares. A warrior's resolution to live
impeccably in spite of everything cannot be approached as a strategy to
ensure success.
The warrior enters into a state of unsurpassed humility; when the true
poverty of his human resources becomes undeniable, the warrior has no
recourse but to
step back and lower his head.
It is monstrous to think that the world is understandable or that we
ourselves are understandable. What we are perceiving is an enigma, a
mystery that one can
only accept in humbleness and awe. The two sides of a human being are
totally separate and it takes great discipline and determination to
break that seal and
go from one side to the other. We have been put together by forces
incomprehensible to our reason. The only thing we do not have is time.
Every minute might be
our last; therefore, it has to be lived with the spirit."
-Don Juan
his path. A sense of defeat, or perhaps more accurately, a sense of
unworthiness,
comes upon him almost unawares. A warrior's resolution to live
impeccably in spite of everything cannot be approached as a strategy to
ensure success.
The warrior enters into a state of unsurpassed humility; when the true
poverty of his human resources becomes undeniable, the warrior has no
recourse but to
step back and lower his head.
It is monstrous to think that the world is understandable or that we
ourselves are understandable. What we are perceiving is an enigma, a
mystery that one can
only accept in humbleness and awe. The two sides of a human being are
totally separate and it takes great discipline and determination to
break that seal and
go from one side to the other. We have been put together by forces
incomprehensible to our reason. The only thing we do not have is time.
Every minute might be
our last; therefore, it has to be lived with the spirit."
-Don Juan