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Quotes from the Peaceful Warrior, the movie.
- Knowledge is not the same as wisdom.
- You can live a whole lifetime without ever being awake.
- There's no higher service than service to others.
- People are afraid of what's inside, and that's the only place they're ever gonna find what they need.
- People are not their thoughts. They think they are, and it brings them all kinds of sadness.
- Take out the trash, Dan. The trash is anything that is keeping you from the only thing that matters, this moment. Here. Now. And when you trully in the Here and Now you'll be amazed at what you can do and how well you can do it.
- Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you come to your senses.
- When you become a warrior, you learn to meditate in every action.
- Scrubbing toilets?
- Letting go of attachments.
- When making a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich, you must first apply the peanut butter, not the jelly, to the bottom half of the bread.
- The people that are the hardest to love are usually the ones who need it the most.
- There's never nothing going on. There are no ordinary moments.
- Death? It's a little more radical than puberty but nothing to get particularly upset about.
- A warrior does not give up what he loves. He find the love in what he does.
- A warrior acts, only a fool reacts.
- When you don't get what you want, you suffer. And even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer. Because you can't hold onto it forever.
- Life has three rules. Paradox, Humor and Change.
- Paradox. Life is a mystery don't waste time trying to figure it out.
- Humor. Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It's a strength beyond all measure.
- Change. Know that nothing stays the same.
- The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.
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