- Socrates: Where are you?
- Dan Millman: Here.
- Socrates: What time is it?
- Dan Millman: Now.
- Socrates: What are you?
- Dan Millman: This moment.
- 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.
- [from trailer]
- Socrates: I call myself a Peaceful Warrior... because the battles we fight are on the inside
- Socrates: Everyone wants to tell 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: Let me guess, and you want me to believe yours.
- Socrates: No, I want you to stop gathering information from the outside and start gathering it from the inside.
- Socrates: I think you should continue your training as a gymnast. A warrior does not give up what he loves, Dan. He finds the love in what he does.
- Dan Millman: Look at me! I have a metal rod in my leg.
- Socrates: A warrior is not about perfection, or victory, or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability. That's the only true courage.
- Dan Millman: What kind of training you think I could do? I just had an accident!
- Socrates: The accident is your training. Life is choice. You can choose to be a victim or anything else you'd like to be.
- Dan Millman: Just ignore what happened to me?
- Socrates: A warrior acts, only a fool reacts.
- Dan Millman: What if I can't do it?
- Socrates: That's the future. Throw it out.
- Dan Millman: Well, how would we start?
- Socrates: There is no starting or stopping, only doing.
- Socrates: People are not theirs thoughts, they think they are, and it brings them all kinds of sadness.
- Socrates: A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability.
- Dan Millman: Why me? Out of all the people you could have taught, why did you choose me?
- Socrates: Are you done flattering yourself?
- [pause]
- Socrates: You chose me.
- Dan Millman: I took for granted what I could do. I was sloppy with my life; I'm scared but I feel like I got rid of all the old stuff and it was the right thing to do.
- Socrates: The habit is the problem. All you need to do is be conscious about your choices and responsible for your actions.