You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you. Dan Millman More Quotes by Dan Millman More Quotes From Dan Millman Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure - Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same. Dan Millman waste three trying Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness--if you had little time left to live--you would waste precious little of it! Well, I'm telling you...you do have a terminal illness: It's called birth. You don't have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason--or you will never be at all. Dan Millman happy time inspirational While some of us act without thinking, too many of us think without acting. Dan Millman acting thinking Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception. Dan Millman energy change courage There are no mistakes, only lessons. Dan Millman lessons mistake firsts Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf Dan Millman life-is-not-easy surf wave If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk or talk. Can you imagine infants stomping, 'Aarggh! Screwed up again!' Fortunately, babies are free of self-criticism. They just keep practicing. Dan Millman criticism self baby Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark. Dan Millman spiritual faith letting-go The universe does not judge us; it only provides consequences and lessons and opportunities to balance and learn through the law of cause and effect. Compassion is the recognition that we are each doing the best we can within the limits of our current beliefs and capacities. Dan Millman life-lesson learning opportunity Before you can see the Light, you have to deal with the darkness. Dan Millman light darkness inspirational We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world. Dan Millman choices responsibility blessed Ultimately, fear of failure generates a vicious circle that creates what is most feared. To break this cycle, you need to make peace with failure. It isn't enough to merely tolerate it; you need to appreciate the failure and use it. Dan Millman appreciate circles needs You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death. Dan Millman warrior cutting heart 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 race clouds wind everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs. Dan Millman lovely answers believe Choice means giving up something you want for something else you want more. Dan Millman giving-up choices mean There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path. Dan Millman happiness love peace Where are you? Here Dan Millman peaceful-warrior moments peace The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for. Dan Millman change hope time You can change your life with a simple shift of attention. But to make that simple shift, you have to find your heart. It's the only way. Accept yourself, then transcend yourself. Dan Millman simple heart attention
