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As we stop monitoring others' opinions, we connect with our heart's wisdom.

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Competitive Diver
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Daniel Jay Millman
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Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.
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As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water. Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes to this: Just do it. How much simpler can we get?
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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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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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This moment deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.
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Our practices - our most spiritual practices - are hanging laundry on the line, raising children, building strong relationships, practicing kindness as much as we can, striving for excellence in the workplace, and developing deeper self-knowledge. I wrote The Four Purposes of Life to assist in these endeavors.
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The hours of your life are the most valuable currency you will ever have. How will you spend them?
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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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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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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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Everything you need to know is within you. Listen. Feel. Trust the body's wisdom.
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As a peaceful warrior, I would choose when, where and how I would behave. With that commitment, I began to live the life of 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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Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf
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Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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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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Your greatest fear is death and your deepest craving is survival. You want Forever, you desire Eternity. In your deluded belief that you are this 'mind' or 'spirit' or 'soul', you find the escape clause in your contract with mortality. Perhaps as 'mind' you can wing free of the body when it dies, hmm?
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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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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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