“A warrior doesn't need personal history. One day, he finds it is no longer necessary for him, and he drops it.”

—  Carlos Castaneda, book The Wheel of Time

Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

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