Dan Millman Quotes

In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.

I also like to follow nature's rhythm. In times or places, they have their own rhythm. So you cannot push it. So we must accept that as well. Wherever we're born at this time, we just live it.

Things have their own pace, and if we work with that pace and anticipate the issues correctly, we can have good results.

There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are more common still; the blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.

You cannot force things to happen before their time. The Spring Will come and the flowers will blossom, but you cannot force the Spring. The Rain will come, the clouds will cover the sky, the whole thirst of the earth will be gone- but you cannot force it. And this is the beauty... that the more patient you are, the quicker is the coming of Spring.

There is beauty to be found in the changing of the earth’s seasons, and an inner grace in honouring the cycles of life.

All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you.

To him whom contemplates a trait of natural beauty, no harm nor despair can come. The doctrines of despair, spiritual or political servitude, were never taught by those who shared the serenity of Nature. For each phase of Nature, though not invisible, is yet not too distinct or obtrusive. It is there to be found when we look for it, but not too demanding of our attention.

Is not thy home among the flowers?

Peace originates with the flow of things - its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is like the veins that circulate blood through our bodies, following the natural flow of the life force. If you are separated in the slightest from that divine essence, you are far off the path.

And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.

This place is too calm, too natural--too complete. I don't deserve it. At least not yet.

Peace is our natural state of being.

We saw men haying far off in the meadow, their heads waving like the grass which they cut. In the distance the wind seemed to bend all alike.

Nature is always lovely, invincible, glad, whatever is done and suffered by her creatures. All scars she heals, whether in rocks or water or sky or hearts.

Water and stone Flesh and bone Night and morn Rose and thorn Tree and wind Heart and mind

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

Our religion keeps reminding us that we aren't just will and thoughts. We're also sand and wind and thunder. Rain. The seasons. All those things. You learn to respect everything because you are everything. If you respect yourself, you respect all things.

Tempered, gradual animation, the methodical restrain of sensations and energies, the equilibrium of sickness and health in each creature--this is nature's essence, its immutable law, this is what it's based on and what it adheres to.

Take time for all things.

The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.

Clambering up the Cold Mountain path, The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on: The long gorge choked with scree and boulders, The wide creek, the mist-blurred grass. The moss is slippery, though there's been no rain The pine sings, but there's no wind. Who can leap the world's ties And sit with me among the white clouds?

In her (nature's) inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.

Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.