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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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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
Author
Competitive Diver
Motivational Speaker
Trampolinist
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LA
California
Daniel Jay Millman
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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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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Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives.
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If you desire to dig a well to reach water, your efforts are more fruitful if you dig one 100-foot-deep hole than if you dig ten holes each 10 feet deep.
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Live with a peaceful heart cultivate a warrior's spirit.
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You are rich if you have enough money to satisfy all your desires. So there are two ways to be rich: you earn, inherit, borrow, beg, or steal enough money to meet all your desires or you cultivate a simple lifestyle of few desires that way you always have enough money.
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A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, Attention. Yes, thank you, the student replied. But can you tell me the second most important element?And the roshi replied, Attention.
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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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Life is not suffering it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.
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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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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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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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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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When running up a hill, it is all right to give up as many times as you wish-as long as your feet keep on moving.
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Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.
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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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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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May you find grace as you surrender to life. May you find happiness, as you stop seeking it. May you come to trust these laws and inherit the wisdom of the Earth. May you reconnect with the heart of nature and feel the blessings of Spirit.
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Stay present. You'll always have time to worry later on if you want to.
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Find the heart of it. Make the complex simple, and you can achieve mastery.
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