The conditions of a solitary bird are five:
The first, that it flies to the highest point;
The second, that it does not suffer for company,
not even of its own kind;
the third, that it aims its beak to the skies;
the fourth, that it does not have a definite color;
the fifth, that it sings very softly.

– San Juan de la Cruz, Dichos de Luz y Amor
from the book Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda

“The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and call that self confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. the average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to himself. Perhaps you are chasing rainbows. You’re after the self confidence of the average man when you should be after the humbleness of a warrior” 

x- internal dialogue – that is the key to everything. When a warrior learns to stop it, everything becomes possible; the most far fetched schemes become attainable. Through this discipline, one starts to attain enough energy; or personal power; to see, to flow, to mold with the true intent, the nature of things 

// – our reason is petty and it is always at odds with our body. Triumph [of knowledge] is joining the two together. The body must be perfection and you must store enough personal power before the will is a functioning unit. Will is a power that comes from the center of one’s being, a direct connection to the energy of the universe. 

~Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it.” 

+To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that 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 to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary.