“I say it is useless to waste your life on one path, especially if that path has no heart.”
“But how do you know when a path has no heart, don Juan?”
“Before you embark on it you ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path.”
“But how will I know for sure whether a path has a heart or not?”
“Anybody would know that. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man
finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him.
Very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path.”
“How should I proceed to ask the question properly, don Juan?”
