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There are no mistakes, only lessons. If you don't learn the lesson the first time, they get harder.

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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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Stay present. You'll always have time to worry later on if you want to.
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To see where something leads, it's best to wait until you've reached the end.
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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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If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.
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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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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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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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Nature and training (in any sport or art) can teach us all the spiritual laws I describe in another book, The Laws of Spirit. But now I'm happy to share these four purposes of life that lend meaning and direction to anyone's life, especially those in transition, going through changes.
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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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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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. . . Action always happens in the present, because it is an expression of the body, which can only exist in the here and now. But the mind is like a phantom that lives only in the past or future. It's only power over you is to draw your attention our of the present.
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Action is stronger than subjectivity. No matter what you feel or think, you can still act.
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Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.
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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.
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Anybody can be happy when things are going well, and I've learned that. But when things aren't going well it draws out the inner warrior in us to radiate that and bring whatever happiness we can to the situation.
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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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Bad people don't go to hell, they are already there.
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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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...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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Life is the only real teacher. It offers many experiences....But the lessons of experience are hidden.
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