Dan Millman Quotes

I take the greatest lesson from compassion - it takes away all the conceit out of my life.

When emotional intelligence merges with spiritual intelligence, human nature is transformed.

Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance.

When you practice Buddhism, you have to always self-reflect, and you can't avoid your problems. That makes me understand human beings better. I feel that the more I do that in my own life, the more I can see how to play a character.

In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self.

The more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.

When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness.

We must each achieve greater individual consciousness and self-knowledge, and project mindful kindness toward everything and everyone.

It sounds clichéd, but I think the greatest lesson is to not take things personally.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

My Brain and My Heart are my Temples. My true Religion is Kindness.

There is no harder lesson for man to learn than the lesson of humility. It is the rarest of all gifts. It is a very rare thing to find a man or woman that is following closely the footsteps of the Master in meekness and humility.

Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.

The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases.

My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

Your honesty, Your love, Your compassion should come from your inner being, not from teachings and scriptures.

Relationship is the mirror: see your face there. Always remember relationship is the mirror. If your meditation is going deep, your relationship will become different - totally different. Love will be the basic note of your relationship, not violence. As it is, violence is the basic note. Even if you look at someone, you look in a violent way. But we are accustomed to it.

Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.