Way Of The Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives Quotes
"Life begins," I thought, "as I waved good-bye to Mom and Dad and pulled away from the curb."
"Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens."
"Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you."
"The world was peopled with minds, whirling faster than any wind, in search of distraction and escape from the predicament of change, the dilemma of life and death."
"You have a brain that directs the body, stores information, and plays with that information. We refer to the brain’s abstract processes as ‘the intellect.’ Nowhere have I mentioned mind."
"Your thoughts are like wild monkeys stung by a scorpion."
"If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever."
"You don’t see your prison because its bars are invisible."
"The rain was a perfectly lawful display of nature. Your ‘upset’ at the ruined picnic and your ‘happiness’ when the sun reappeared were the product of your thoughts."
"Just as there are different interpretations of the past and many ways to change the present, there are any number of possible futures."
"Who knows whether it is bad luck or good luck."
"Focus all your energy not on struggling with the old, but on building the new."
"The key is to transform the energy of emotion into constructive action."
"The pleasure from eating, Dan, is more than the taste of the food and the feeling of a full belly."
"What comes out of your mouth is as important as what goes into it."
"Everything has a purpose, a purpose, a purpose."
"What you enjoyed as a child can be yours again."
"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."
"A peaceful warrior has the insight and discipline to choose the simple way."
"Attention costs no money; your only investment is training."
"You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you expect or hope for."
"Your sorrow, your fear and anger, regret and guilt, your envy and plans and cravings live only in the past, or in the future."
"Don’t let anybody or anything, least of all your own thoughts, draw you out of the present."
"Your business is not to ‘get somewhere’ — it is to be here."
"When thoughts touch the present, they dissolve."
"A fool is 'happy' when his cravings are satisfied. A warrior is happy without reason. That’s what makes happiness the ultimate discipline."
"All searches, all achievements, all goals, were equally enjoyable, and equally unnecessary."
"There is no need to resist life; just do your best. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you imagine."
"You are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone else, too."
"Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all One, you see."
"Act happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will."
"Happiness is not just something you feel — it is who you are."
"I had lost my mind and fallen into my heart."