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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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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Daniel Jay Millman
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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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Enlightenment is not an attainment it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes. If a blind man realizes that he can see, has the world changed?
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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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Surrender means accepting this moment, this body, and this life with open arms. Surrender involves getting out of your own way and living in accord with a higher will, expressed as the wisdom of the heart. Far more than passive acceptance, surrender uses every challenge as a means of spiritual growth and expanded awareness.
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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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Live with a peaceful heart cultivate a warrior's spirit.
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Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty. It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good.
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When you lose your mind, you'll come to your senses.
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Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.
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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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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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If you don't get what you want, you suffer if you get what you don't want, you suffer even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever.
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Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.
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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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Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around.
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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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Life is the only real teacher. It offers many experiences....But the lessons of experience are hidden.
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Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.
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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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Live in the Moment, Empty Your Mind of the Trash Wisdom is the Use of Knowledge
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