# Peaceful Warrior

Peaceful Warrior is a 2006 American film about a chance encounter with a stranger that changes the life of a college gymnast.
    Directed by Victor Salva. Written by Kevin Bernhardt, based on the novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.

## Dan Millman

* The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.
* There are no ordinary moments.

## Socrates

* Death isn't sad. The sad thing is: most people don't live at all.
* Do you know what's the difference between me and you?
* You practice gymnastics, I practice everything!

## Dialogue

    Dan Millman: You know you got two different shoes on, right?
    Socrates: One's a little newer than the other.
    Dan Millman: Sorry, Coach.
    Coach Garrick: Sorry doesn't mean anything.
    Dan Millman: I know more than you think.
    Socrates: And you think more than you know. But knowledge is not the same as wisdom.
    Dan Millman: Yeah? What's the difference?
    Socrates: You know how to clean a windshield, right?
    Dan Millman: Yeah.
    Socrates: Wisdom is doing it.
    Socrates: There's a lot you'd have to know before you could understand what you saw.
    Dan Millman: Go. Ask me. Ask me something. Captain.
    Socrates: Are you happy? You said I could ask you anything.
    Dan Millman: What does happy have to do with anything?
    Socrates: Everything.
    Dan Millman: My dad's got plenty of cash, school's kind of a breeze, I get straight A's. I got great friends, I'm in great shape, and I only sleep alone when I absolutely want to.
    Socrates: So why can't you sleep at night?
    Dan Millman: What would you say if I told you that I keep seeing those shoes in a dream I keep having?
    Socrates: I'd say maybe you're still asleep. You can live a whole lifetime without ever being awake.
    Dan Millman: Hey, Socrates. If you know so much how come you're working at a gas station?
    Socrates: This is a service station. We offer service. There's no higher purpose.
    Dan Millman: Than pumping gas?
    Socrates: Service to others.
    [Dan and Socrates are eating dinner together. Dan is eating with his hands very quickly.]
    Socrates: Slow down. You might taste something.
    Dan Millman: You sure got a lot of rules about stuff, don't you?
    Socrates: Not rules. Things I've learned from my own life experience.
    Socrates: Everyone tells 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: And let me guess. You want me to believe yours.
    Socrates: No. I want you to stop gathering information from outside yourself and start gathering it from the inside.
    Dan Millman: :[Dan laughs] What are you, part of some cult or something?
    Socrates: People are afraid of what's inside and that's the only place they're ever gonna find what they need.
    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:Where are you?
    Dan Millman: Here.
    Socrates: What time is it?
    Dan Millman: Now.
    Socrates: What are you?
    Dan Millman: This moment.

## Cast

* Scott Mechlowicz - Dan Millman
* Nick Nolte - Socrates
* Amy Smart - Joy
* Tim DeKay - Coach Garrick
* Ashton Holmes - Tommy
* Paul Wesley - Trevor
* B.J. Britt - Kyle
* Agnes Bruckner - Susie
* Beatrice Rosen - Dory
* Ray Wise - Doctor Hayden

## External links

* Peaceful Warrior quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Peaceful Warrior at Rotten Tomatoes
* The Official Peaceful Warrior Site