Carlos Castaneda Quotes

Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens.

Whatever's in front of you, you do the best you can and let it land where it lands, and then you walk away.

To me, it really doesn't matter where they line me up.

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

I'm ready to work and if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's fine.

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most.

You just take things as they come.

I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

You can't ever force anything, and you have to deal with what comes to you as it comes.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

I have learned to take things as they come.

If Real want me, they will call me one day, and, if not, no problem. I live my life and am optimistic about the future.

Nothing seems too weird to me anymore.

Don't get married to the idea of something having to be one way.

Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.

I don't mind what happens.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.

Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.

Believe in something for another world, but don't be too set on what it is, and then you won't start out that life with a disappontment. Live your life so that whenever you lose you are ahead.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.

Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

I'm fine with whatever comes my way, and whatever doesn't come my way I'm fine with too. I have a very laissez-faire attitude with the whole thing.