The Principles of the Art of Stalking

Warriors choose their battleground.
A warrior never goes into battle without knowing what the surroundings are.

Don’t complicate things. Simplify.
Disregard everything that is unnecessary.

A warrior must be willing to and ready to make his last stand here and now.
Apply all the concentration you have to decide whether or not to enter battle,
for any battle is a battle for one’s life.

Relax, abandon yourself, fear nothing.
Only then will the powers that guide us open the road and aid us.

When faced with odds that cannot be dealt with,
warriors retreat for a moment;
they occupy their time with something else.

Warriors compress time; even an instant counts.
In a battle for your life a second is an eternity;
an eternity that may decide the outcome.
Warriors aim at succeeding,
therefore they compress time.
Warriors don’t waste an instant.
Carlos Castaneda