Don Juan chuckled and lay down, putting his arms behind his head.

“You know exactly what you need”, he said.

I told him that sometimes I thought I knew, but that most of the time I had no self-confidence.

“I am afraid you are confusing issues, ” he said.

“The self confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man.

The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the on-looker and calls that self-confidence.

The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness.

The average man is hooked to his fellow man, while the warrior is hooked only to himself.

Perhaps you are chasing rainbows. You are after the self-confidence of the average man, when you should be after the humbleness of a warrior. The difference between the two is remarkable.

Self-confidence entails knowing something for sure; humbleness entails being impeccable in one’s actions and feelings.”

— Carlos Castaneda, Tales of Power

Related reading:

Carlos Castaneda
Wikipedia

Tales of Power
amazon.com

Books of Carlos Castaneda
Sense of Live