Carlos Castaneda Quotes

You have to let go of the control and allow things to develop. You need to have a flexible attitude, especially working with kids.

Not being afraid to make changes is a valuable tool - knowing you can change back.

Even if the steering wheel fits, you don't have to keep gripping it.

My days are whatever I want them to be.

I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, 'I let go and I'm going to let the cards fall where they fall... For a control freak, it's hard.

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.

I have no agenda at all. I just want to do stuff I like. It can cost $200 million or $200 thousand.

I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change.

I live wherever I happen to be.

I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away.

I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

Don't struggle to get what you want, but modify your wants.

When you empower people you sign up for a life of uncertainty and change.

I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.

I'm not someone who clings on to records.

I've been travelling a lot, and so I believe in not owning so much.

One of my skills is knowing, 'This is where I'm needed, and this is how I'm needed and where I'm going to be in control and where I'm going to cede control and why.'

I don't have anybody telling me what to say. I have people who would suggest, maybe, that I shouldn't do this, that or the other, but that's strictly up to me.

Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

I don't thrive on control. I'm not looking for control. I think I get better results when I don't control things.

Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

Things change when you learn to loosen your grip. I think one way and the future is desperate. I think another way everything is in sight. Trees bend so branches don't have to break. We mend the wounds of our last mistake... I live one way holding onto the fence post. I live another way sliding off into space. Each life is loosely assembled... Birds swim, fish do fly. Proud man begins to cry. Birds swim, fish do fly. Things change, so why can't I?