Way of the Peaceful Warrior Themes

Pretty much everyone's got a philosophy for how to be happy, and Socrates, the Buddha-like mentor in Way of the Peaceful Warrior has got one too. He teaches that the human mind, with its need for e...

Ah, the big questions. Socrates, the mentor in Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and his student Dan, by the time the book finishes, have a clear point of view on life, consciousness, and existence. Th...

Many of us have had a long night when we can't sleep because we start worrying about the inevitable fact that we'll die. Yep, grim stuff, but it's the truth. Way of the Peaceful Warrior sees mortal...

Plenty of us set goals or dream of a better future or hope for a different life. Stop right there, says Socrates, the guru in Way of the Peaceful Warrior. He'd say you should actually abandon your...

We've all seen sports movies where the athlete makes a comeback after a devastating injury, right? Way of the Peaceful Warrior puts a different spin on that familiar spiel. This time, the athlete w...

What is reality? Hard or impossible to answer, but Socrates, the guru in Way of the Peaceful Warrior, tells the athlete protagonist Dan that his version stinks and that he should learn the better o...

We're always being offered solutions for our dissatisfaction with life. Buy a new car, take up a new hobby, get better grades in school. But what if none of those solve the problem? Way of the Peac...

Way of the Peaceful Warrior is basically the story of a mysterious old man, Socrates, mentoring a young athlete, Dan, into taking a Zen approach to life. Where does admiration fit in? Well, a teach...