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It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. Responsibility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consequence, then making a choice.

Dan Millman

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Daniel Jay Millman
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Sports and sex and movies are not inherently bad - But for you they're addictions, not enjoyments. You use them to distract you from what you know you should do. Break free!
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Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around.
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The light will disturb us when we're comfortable, and comfort us when we're disturbed. We turn to spirit for help when our foundations are shaking only to find out that it is spirit who is shaking them!
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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.
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To see where something leads, it's best to wait until you've reached the end.
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Process transforms any journey into a series of small steps, taken one by one, to reach any goal. Process transcends time, teaches patience, rests on a solid foundation of careful preparation, and embodies trust in our unfolding potential.
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Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf
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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.
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Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.
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...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.
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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.
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everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs.
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