Dan Millman

My life has been less like a light switch suddenly turning on, and more like a dimmer switch slowly turned up, over time, more in some moments than others.

Dan Millman

No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit, it can never bring you ulimate happiness or peace. Life requires more that knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.

Dan Millman

Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things.

Dan Millman

Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.

Dan Millman

Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. So set sail on the stormy sea of love. You’re going to get soaked at times, but at least you’ll know you’re alive.

Dan Millman

Stress happens when your mind resists what is… The only problem in your life is your mind’s resistance to life as it unfolds.

Dan Millman

The secret of change consists in concentrating one’s energy to create the new, and not to fight against the old.

Dan Millman

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Dan Millman

This planet is a divine school, and daily life a classroom. Our choice of teachers depends on what we need to learn.

Dan Millman

Thoughts naturally arise. The point of meditation is not to banish thoughts but to make peace with them by realizing their lack of substance.

Dan Millman