At this time of day, in the twilight, there is no wind. At this time there is only power. (Ixtlan, 89)

If the hunter, on the other hand, wants to be noticed all he has to do is stand on a hilltop at the time of twilight and power will nag him and seek him all night. Therefore, if a hunter wants to travel at night or if he wants to be kept awake he must make himself available to the wind. Therein lies the secret of great hunters. To be available and unavailable at the precise turn of the road. (Ixtlan, 90)

Power s something a warrior deals with. At first it’s an incredible, far-fetched affair; it’s hard to even think about it. This is what’s happening to you now. Then power becomes a serious matter; one may not have it, or one may not even fully realize that it exist, yet one knows that something is there, something which was not noticeable before. Next power is manifested as something uncontrollable that comes to oneself. It is not possible for me to say how it comes or what it really is. It’s nothing and yet makes marvels appear before your very eyes. And finally, power is something in oneself, something that controls one’s acts and yet obeys one’s command. (Ixtlan, 125)

He said the real triumph would have been for me to let go and follow the power until the world had ceased to exist. (Ixtlan, 132)

That branch was a real animal and it was alive at the moment power touched it. Since what kept it alive was power, the trick was, like in dreaming, to sustain the sight of it.
He explained that the idea of making oneself accessible to power had serious overtones. Power was a devastating force that could easily lead to one’s death and had to be treated with great care. Becoming available to power had to be done systematically, but always with great caution. (Ixtlan, 133)

It’s a worry for you because you have no power. A warrior, on the other hand, is guided by his unbending purpose and can fend off anything. (Ixtlan, 137)

If you store power your body can perform unbelievable feats. On the other hand, if you dissipate power, you’ll be a fat old man in no time at all. (Ixtlan, 155)

A hunter of power watches everything, and everything tells him some secret. (Ixtlan, 164)

Power is a very weird affair. In order to have it and command it, one must have power to begin with. It is possible to store it, little by little, until one has enough to sustain oneself in a battle of power.
This, what you are looking at, is not all there is to it. There is so much more to the world, so much more, in fact, that it is endless…[long] You don’t know the world of power, therefore you cannot make it into a familiar scene. (Ixtlan, 167)

Why would I want to store power? You can’t think of a reason now. However, if you would store enough power, the power itself would find you a good reason. (Ixtlan, 168)

I know for a fact that it takes a lifelong struggle to be by oneself in a world of power.
You cannot leave these desolate mountains without saying your thanks. A warrior never turns his back to power without atoning for the favors received. (Ixtlan, 169)

You mut be infinitely careful. When one is dealing with power, one has to be perfect. (Ixtlan, 180)

[Power spot] Now, properly speaking, this hilltop is your place; all that is around you is under your care. You must look after everything here and everything in return looks after you. (Ixtlan, 183)

Knowledge is power. It takes a long time to harness enough power to even talk about it. (Ixtlan, 186)

A man is only the sum of his personal power and that sum determines how he lives or dies.
The difficulty with you, which is the difficulty with all of us, is to be convinced. you need to believe that personal power can be used and that it is possible to store it, but you haven’t been convinced so far. (Ixtlan, 192)

Hunting power is a very strange affair. There is no way to plan ahead of time. That’s what’s exciting about it. A warrior proceeds as if he had a plan, though, because he trusts his personal power. He knows for a fact that it will make him act in the most appropriate fashion. (Ixtlan, 194)

He first insisted I should curl my fingers against my palms, stretching out the thumb and index of each hand…
The gait of power was similar to finding a place to rest. Both entailed a sense of abandon, and a sense of trust. (Ixtlan, 206)

The is only one way to learn, that that way is to get down to business. To only talk about power is useless. If you want to know what power is, and if you want to store it, you must tackle everything yourself. (Ixtlan, 213)

You are [storing power] by living the way I have recommended. Little by little you are plugging all your points of drainage. You don’t have to be deliberate about it, because power always finds a way…power has the peculiarity of being unnoticeable when it is being stored. (Ixtlan, 214)

The Nagual said that power comes only after we accept our fate without recriminations. (Ring, 93)

The nagual told him to learn only about his own world, because in doing so he would find the only form of power available to him. (Ring, 213)

The warrior who receives mysteries must claim knowledge as power, by doing what he has been shown. (Ring, 269)

The decision of picking you was a design of power; no one can discern the designs of power…there is nothing you can do to stop the fulfillment of that design.
A warrior is in the hands of power and his only freedom is to choose an impeccable life. (Power, 55)

[What power looks like to a man who doesn’t see.] (Power, 192)

You can’t say that power would flow to you if your life would be different. (Power, 195)

He added that Don Genaro liked me very much, in spite of my oddities of a person, and that he expressed his delight in my being his protegido [the protected one, and Don Juan’s escogido, the chosen one.] (Power, 199)

Sit here and turn off your internal dialogue. You may gather the power needed to unfold the wings of your perception. (Power, 278)

A warrior must be always read. The fate of all of us here has been to know that we are the prisoners of power. No one knows why us in particular, but what a great fortune!
If your impeccability and personal power are such that you are capable of fulfilling our tasks, you will then achieve the promise of power. (Power, 287)

Increased awareness presents as real and concrete then as knowing without words. (Silence, xi)

Power flows to us in a ceaseless flux from the south to the north.
The only opening to the naguals world was through the south. (Eagle, 189)

Don Juan believe the states of nonordinary reality to be the only form of pragmatic learning and the only means of acquiring power. (Teachings, 21)

Power objects (Teachings, 22)

Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless? (Teachings, 24)