Carlos Castaneda Quotes

After all, the world is not our handiwork, and we are not responsible for what goes on in it, save within very narrow limits.

You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.

The world doesn’t need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond.

Dont blame me, I was given this world, I didn't make it.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world.

We are not powerless. We have tremendous potential for good or ill. How we choose to use that power is up to us; but first we must choose to use it. We're told every day, You can't change the world. But the world is changing every day. Only question is who's doing it? You or somebody else?

A good man and a wise man may at times be angry with the world, at times grieved for it; but be sure no man was ever discontented with the world who did his duty in it.

I am convinced that any attempt to restore harmony in the world can only rest on the renewal of personal responsibility.

To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention. The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or of the right. It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine.

The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.

If you don't live in the world of choosing, you live in the world of excusing.

There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.

It is impossible to pretend that you are not heir to, and therefore, however inadequately or unwillingly, responsible to, and for, the time and place that give you life -- without becoming, at very best, a dangerously disoriented human being.

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.

If they blow it [the world] up, that's not my business. My business is to work.

Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility.

shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us

He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment.

I am responsible for everything... except my very responsibility.

Placing the blame is a bad habit, but taking the blame is a sure builder of character

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.

It comes down to this: If not you, then who?