Top 180 Dan Millman Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don’t really live at all.”

— Dan Millman

102. “You don’t need to control emotion,” he said. “Emotions are natural, like passing weather. Sometimes it’s fear, sometimes sorrow or anger. Emotions are not the problem. The key is to transform the energy of emotion into constructive action.”

— Dan Millman

103. “When we align our lives with spiritual laws, challenges remain, but we can approach them with arms open wide, ready to dance.”

— Dan Millman

104. “To see where something leads, it’s best to wait until you’ve reached the end.”

— Dan Millman

105. “Sometimes sorrow, sometimes joy. But beneath it all remember the innate perfection of your life unfolding. That is the secret of unreasonable happiness.”

— Dan Millman

106. “We are here to live moment by moment, and each moment brings a task, a challenge, a goal. It’s good to have big goals, but we need to connect the dots between where we are and where we are going, one day, one moment at a time.”

— Dan Millman

107. “A fool is ‘happy’ when his cravings are satisfied. A warrior is happy without reason. That’s what makes happiness the ultimate discipline.”

— Dan Millman

108. “You’re a prisoner of your own illusions – about yourself and about the world.”

— Dan Millman

109. “Your business is not to ‘get somewhere’ – it is to be here.”

— Dan Millman

110. “Learning is a process of refining errors to the point where they no longer prevent our desired goal.”

— Dan Millman

111. “My mind is like a pond without ripples. Your mind is full of waves because you feel separated from, and often threatened by, an unplanned, unwelcome occurrence. Your mind is like a pond into which someone has just dropped a boulder!”

— Dan Millman

112. “Fear and sorrow inhibit action; anger generates it. When you learn to make proper use of your anger, you can change fear and sorrow to anger, then turn anger to action. That’s the body’s secret of internal alchemy.”

— Dan Millman

113. “A warrior doesn’t seek pain, but if pain comes, he uses it.”

— Dan Millman

114. “To really help people, you first need to understand them – but first understand yourself, prepare yourself; develop the clarity, the courage, and the sensitivity to exert the right leverage, in the right place, at the right time. Then your actions will have power. History,” he added, “holds many examples of individuals and nations who acted without the wisdom to foresee the consequences.”

— Dan Millman

115. “Use whatever knowledge you have but see its limitations. Knowledge alone does not suffice; it has no heart. No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit; it can never bring you ultimate happiness or peace. Life requires more than knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.”

— Dan Millman

116. “Stress happens when the mind resists what is.”

— Dan Millman

117. “Stay present. You’ll always have time to worry later on if you want to.”

— Dan Millman

118. “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

119. “Stress happens when the mind resists what is. Most of us tend to either push or resist the river of our lives, to fight circumstance rather than make use of things as they are. Resistance creates turbulence, which you feel as physical, mental, and emotional tension. Tension is a subtle pain, which – like any pain – signals that something is amiss. When we are out of natural balance, we create tension; by listening to our body, we can take responsibility for releasing it.”

— Dan Millman

120. “In life, stress happens when you resist... No matter what comes your way, if you take a rigid position, you experience pain. Never oppose force with force. Instead, absorb it and use it... Yielding can overcome even a superior force.”

— Dan Millman

121. “Never struggle with anyone or anything. When you’re pushed, pull; when you’re pulled, push.”

— Dan Millman

122. “Life was never meant to be a struggle, just a gentle progression from one point to another, much like walking through a valley on a sunny day. – Stuart Wilde.”

— Dan Millman

123. “Happiness is not just something you feel – it is who you are.”

— Dan Millman

124. “When you sit, sit; when you stand, stand; whatever you do, don’t wobble.’ Once you make your choice, do it with all your spirit. Don’t be like the preacher who thought about praying while making love to his wife, and thought about making love to his wife while praying.”

— Dan Millman

125. “When you become fully responisble for your life, you can become fully human; once you become human, you may discover what it mens to be a warrior.”

— Dan Millman

126. “The world was peopled with minds, whirling faster than any wind, in search of distraction and escape from the predicament of change, the dilemma of life and death – seeking purpose, security, enjoyment, trying to make sense of the mystery. Everyone everywhere lived a confused, bitter search. Reality never matched their dreams; happiness was just around the corner – a corner they never turned. And the source of it all was the human mind.”

— Dan Millman

127. “A man’s character reveals itself most clearly when he makes a choice under pressure.”

— Dan Millman

128. “Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.”

— Dan Millman

129. “It doesn’t matter what you do, only how well you do it.”

— Dan Millman

130. “The pleasure from eating, Dan, is more than the taste of the food and the feeling of a full belly. Learn to enjoy the entire process – the hunger beforehand, the careful preparation, setting an attractive table, chewing, breathing, smelling, tasting, swallowing, and the feeling of lightness and energy after the meal. You can even enjoy the full and easy elimination of the food after it’s digested. When you pay attention to all elements of the process, you’ll begin to appreciate simple meals.”

— Dan Millman

131. “Understanding is the one-dimensional comprehension of the intellect. It leads to knowledge. Realization is three-dimensional – a simultaneous comprehension of head, heart, and instinct. It comes only from direct experience.”

— Dan Millman

132. “The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees; Hazel seeds into hazel trees; And God seeds into God. – Meister Eckehart.”

— Dan Millman

133. “You will fail many times, but in failing you will learn, and in learning you will find your way.”

— Dan Millman

134. “Life is about refinement, not perfection. And you still have refining to do.”

— Dan Millman

135. “Bakat harus dilatih, bukan hanya dilahirkan.”

— Dan Millman

136. “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

137. “Better to live Until You die.”

— Dan Millman

138. “Old urges continue to arise, but urges do not matter; only actions do. A warrior is as a warrior does.”

— Dan Millman

139. “Managing your money does not depend upon becoming wealthy or declaring vows of poverty. Rather, it is about creating stability and sufficiency – a balanced flow of monetary energy through your life.”

— Dan Millman

140. “You have been immortal since before you were born and will be long after the body dissolves. The body is Consciousness; never born; never dies; only changes. The mind – your ego, personal beliefs, history, and identity – is all that ends at death.”

— Dan Millman

141. “Every choice eventually leads to wisdom.”

— Dan Millman

142. “You have tried to be superior in an ordinary realm. Now you must learn to be ordinary in a superior realm.”

— Dan Millman

143. “When we know deep down that we’re acting with integrity despite impulses to do otherwise, we feel gates of higher energy and inspiration open inside of us.”

— Dan Millman

144. “It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament.”

— Dan Millman

145. “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

146. “I don’t even know if the sun will rise or whether I’ll wake up in the morning. I don’t know if God will grant me my next breath. So I choose to live on faith rather than knowledge – and accept whatever comes, welcome or not, bitter or sweet – all of it, a gift from God.”

— Dan Millman

147. “Action is stronger than subjectivity. No matter what you feel or think, you can still act.”

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148. “If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”

— Dan Millman

149. “Reality never matched their dreams; happiness was just around the corner – a corner they never turned. And the source of it all was the human mind.”

— Dan Millman

150. “Whatever our circumstances, everything can feel so simple, so beautiful, and so right when we no longer pay attention to the mind’s incessant chatter.”

— Dan Millman