319 Quotes by Dan Millman

Reality never matched their dreams; happiness was just around the corner – a corner they never turned. And the source of it all was the human mind.

Faith means living with uncertainty – feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Humor, in its highest sense, transcends the momentary tension release of laughter, and expands into a profound sense of ease and a relaxed approach to life’s occasional challenges, large or small. When you view your world through this lens of transcendent humor, as if from a distant peak, you discover that life is a game you can play as if it matters – with a peaceful heart and a warrior’s spirit. You can remain engaged with the world but also rise above it, looking beyond your personal dramas.

Life develops what it demands.

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.

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.

Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And when you do, you’ll be free at last.

Finally, I realized the process of real meditation – to expand awareness, to direct attention, to ultimately surrender to the light of consciousness.

Your business is not to ‘get somewhere’ – it is to be here.