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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.

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Daniel Jay Millman
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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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The warrior is Here, Now.
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Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And when you do, you'll be free at last.
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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.
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Choice means giving up something you want for something else you want more.
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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.
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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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Just handle what is in front of you now and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise, you'll spend most of your life wondering which foot you'll use to step off the curb when you're still only halfway to the corner.
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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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Action is stronger than subjectivity. No matter what you feel or think, you can still act.
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