319 Quotes by Dan Millman

You can change your life with a simple shift of attention. But to make that simple shift, you have to find your heart. It’s the only way. Accept yourself, then transcend yourself.

Use whatever knowledge you have but see its limitations. Knowledge alone does not suffice; it has no heart. No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit; it can never bring you ultimate happiness or peace. Life requires more than knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.

Knowing what to do is not usually the problem; the elusive goal becomes translating intentions into action and resolutions into results.

Don’t be like the preacher who thought about praying while making love with his life and thought about love while praying.

It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament.

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!

When you begin your transcendental training, focusing your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warrior’s way.

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. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.

If we lose touch with our heart’s wisdom, then no method avails; if we love, then nothing else is necessary.