Movie Lines & Quotes: Peaceful Warrior (2006)
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- "There's never nothing going on. Take out the trash, Dan. The trash is anything that is keeping you from the only thing that matters, the moment. Here. Now. And when you are truly here and now, you'll be amazed at what you can do and how well you can do it."
- "You're in the past, gloating. You're not in the now, living."
- "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."
"Letting go of attachments. Like your pride."
- "I don't know what to do now."
"First realization of a warrior."
"What is?"
"Not knowing."
- "Emotions are natural, like the passing weather."
- "Anger, hatred, violence, they're really all just fear. Fear, then, not money is the root of all evil."
- "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."
- "The habit is the problem. All you need to do is be conscious about your choice and responsible for your actions."
- "Death isn't sad. The sad thing is most people don't live at all."
- "When you feel fear, use the sword. Take it up here and cut the mind to ribbons, slash through all those regrets and fears and anything else that lives in the past or the future."
- "A warrior does not give up what he loves, Dan. He finds the love in what he does. A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability. That's the only true courage."
- "The accident is your training. Life is choice. You can choose to be a victim or anything else you'd like to be."
- "A warrior acts. A fool reacts."
- "What if I can't do it?"
"That's the future. Throw it out."
- "Well, how would we start?"
"There is no starting or stopping, only doing."
- "Nearly all of humanity shares your predicament, Dan. If 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 just 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 is a strength beyond all measure."
"Change. Know that nothing stays the same."
- "The journey. The journey's what brings us happiness, not the destination."
- "Where are you, Dan?"
"Here."
"What time is it?"
"Now."
"What are you?"
"This moment."