Quotes from Dan Millman

You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be. That's what makes it exciting.

The birth of the mind is the death of the senses

Before you can see the Light, you have to deal with the darkness.

Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation

You don't need to control emotion," he said. "Emotions are natural, like passing weather. Sometimes it's fear, sometimes sorrow or anger. Emotions are not the problem. The key is to transform the energy of emotion into constructive action.

Enlightenment is not an attainment, it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes.

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.

While some of us act without thinking, too many of us think without acting.

you have to 'lose your mind' before you can come to your senses.

Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not.

It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament. As your eyes open, you'll see that your state of health, happiness, and every circumstance of your life has been, in large part, arranged by you - consciously or unconsciously.

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

A fool is 'happy' when his cravings are satisfied. A warrior is happy without reason. That's what makes happiness the ultimate discipline

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.

It doesn't matter what you do, only how well you do it.

Wake up! If you knew for certain that you had a terminal illness - if you had precious little time left to make use of your life and consider who you are, you'd not waste time on self-indulgence or fear, lethargy or ambition. Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.

Your business is not to 'get somewhere' — it is to be here.

All these years I had been sustained by an illusion-happiness through victory- and now that illusion was burned to ashes. I was no more happier, no more fullfilled, for all my achievements. Finally I saw through the clouds I saw that I had never learned how to enjoy life, only how to achieve. All my life i had been busy seeking happiness, but never finding it or sustaining it.

Never struggle with anyone or anything. When you're pushed, pull; when you're pulled, push.

A warrior doesn't seek pain, but if pain comes, he uses it.

Better never begin; once begun, better finish.

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.