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No matter what we feel or know, no matter what our potential gifts or talents, only action brings them to life. Those of us who only think we understand concepts such as commitment, courage, and love, one day discover that we only know when we act doing becomes understanding.

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Daniel Jay Millman
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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.
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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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I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.
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In life, stress happens when you resist what arises.
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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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Wisdom is the use of knowledge
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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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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.
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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.
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Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn.
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A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don't worry so much about what you can't do just do what you can as only you can do it.
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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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To see where something leads, it's best to wait until you've reached the end.
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Carry your groceries, garden, and do other activities that keep you moving. You will add more years to your life and more life to your years.
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Everything you need to know is within you. Listen. Feel. Trust the body's wisdom.
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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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Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things.
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Here and now...breathe and relax...in battle and in life
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This planet is a divine school, and daily life a classroom. Our choice of teachers depends on what we need to learn.
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The secret of change consists in concentrating one's energy to create the new, and not to fight against the old.
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