Dan Millman

Never fear the weapon, only the man wielding it. Focus on your opponent while he focuses on his knife or saber or pistol. He invests his power in the weapon but forgets the rest of his body.

Dan Millman

People from all walks of life share an innate drive for meaning, direction, and purpose. This drive to understand our life purpose seems as important to our psychological growth as eating is to our biological survival.

Dan Millman

The birth of the mind is the death of the senses

Dan Millman

The earth isn’t solid. It is made of molecules and atoms, tiny universes filled with space. It is a place of mystery, light, and magic, if you only open your eyes.

Dan Millman

The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.

Dan Millman

There are times, you know, it’s said in the spiritual tradition, just a glimpse at an enlightened personage can convey immense information at the sub-conscious level that sprouts later, that we don’t even know.

Dan Millman

Tragedy is very different for the warrior and for the fool.

Dan Millman

Under the weight of my growing self-knowledge, my self-image was sinking fast.

Dan Millman

Unless the desire to change remains strong, body and mind tend to return to old, familiar patterns. It takes time-from three to six months-for old habits to become obsolete. By the end of that time, you’ll have adapted to a new pattern. In a sense, you’ll have found a new way of life.

Dan Millman

Wake up! If you knew for certain that you had a terminal illness – if you had precious little time left to make use of your life and consider who you are, you’d not waste time on self-indulgence or fear, lethargy or ambition. Be happy now, without reason – or you never will be at all.

Dan Millman