Peaceful Warrior (2006)

Scott Mechlowicz: Dan Millman

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Quotes 

• Socrates : Where are you?

  Dan Millman : Here.

  Socrates : What time is it?

  Dan Millman : Now.

  Socrates : What are you?

  Dan Millman : This moment.

• Dan Millman : The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination

• Dan Millman : Life has just three rules?

  Socrates : And you already know them...

  Dan Millman : Paradox, humour, and change.

  Socrates : Paradox...

  Dan Millman : Life is a mystery. Don't waste time trying to figure it out.

  Socrates : Humour...

  Dan Millman : Keep a sense of humour, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure.

  Socrates : Change...

  Dan Millman : Know that nothing stays the same.

• Socrates : Everyone wants to tell you what to do and what's good for you. They don't want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs.

  Dan Millman : Let me guess, and you want me to believe yours.

  Socrates : No, I want you to stop gathering information from the outside and start gathering it from the inside.

• Socrates : I think you should continue your training as a gymnast. A warrior does not give up what he loves, Dan. He finds the love in what he does.

  Dan Millman : Look at me! I have a metal rod in my leg.

  Socrates : A warrior is not about perfection, or victory, or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability. That's the only true courage.

  Dan Millman : What kind of training you think I could do? I just had an accident!

  Socrates : The accident is your training. Life is choice. You can choose to be a victim or anything else you'd like to be.

  Dan Millman : Just ignore what happened to me?

  Socrates : A warrior acts, only a fool reacts.

  Dan Millman : What if I can't do it?

  Socrates : That's the future. Throw it out.

  Dan Millman : Well, how would we start?

  Socrates : There is no starting or stopping, only doing.

• Dan Millman : You're out of your mind!

  Socrates : And it's taken me a lifetime of practice.

• Dan Millman : The ones who are hardest to love are usually the ones who need it the most.

• Dan Millman : I took for granted what I could do. I was sloppy with my life; I'm scared but I feel like I got rid of all the old stuff and it was the right thing to do.

• Dan Millman : There is never nothing going on. There are no ordinary monments.

• Dan Millman : Why me? Out of all the people you could have taught, why did you choose me?

  Socrates : Are you done flattering yourself?

  [pause] 

  Socrates : You chose me.

• Dan Millman : There are no ordinary moments.

• Dan Millman : I don't know what to do.

• Dan Millman : I have a metal rod in my leg.