“We have millions of questions that need answers because there are so many things that the reasoning mind cannot explain. It is not important if the answer is correct; just the answer itself makes us feel safe.” IfsNeedsFeelsMindImportantAnswersMillionsSafeReasoning Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You can only be you when you do your best. When you don't do your best you are denying yourself the right to be you. That's a seed that you should really nurture in your mind. You don't need knowledge or great philosophical concepts. You don't need the acceptance of others. You express your own divinity by being alive and by loving yourself and others.” NeedsShouldMindMotivationalAliveAcceptanceConceptsPhilosophicalSeedsDivinityBe YouNurtureLoving YouLoving YourselfAcceptance Of OthersFour AgreementsDenying YourselfGreat Philosophical Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“The dream you are living is your creation. It is your perception of reality that you can change at any time. You have the power to create hell, and you have the power to create heaven. Why not dream a different dream? Why not use your mind, your imagination, and your emotions to dream heaven?” MindDifferentUseDreamRealityHeavenImaginationEmotionHellCreationPerceptionWhy NotPerception Reality Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Be skeptical, but not as a social position, not claiming to be so intelligent that you cannot believe what other people say. It's not about being right and making everybody else wrong. No, you are skeptical because you know without a doubt that everybody lives in their own story, and in their story they have their own truth. But it's only truth in their mind, just as your truth is only truth in your mind, and nobody else's.” PeopleKnowsMindBelieveStoriesSocialDoubtPositionTruth IsIntelligentSkeptical Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“We ask everybody to help us to change the world, but we are not talking about our planet Earth; we are talking about the world that each one of us creates within our mind. We are talking about the story that we create.” WorldMindHelpingStoriesEarthAsksTalkingPlanetsChanging The WorldOur PlanetNot TalkingPlanet EarthOur Planet Earth Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“When we respect ourselves, our lives change because the conflict in our mind ends. Then the relationship with our beloved also changes, and there will be peace in our family, in our friendships, in our community, and so on. Just imagine what kind of planet this would be if everybody respected themselves and everybody else?” IfsMindKindEndsWould BeCommunityOur LivesImaginePlanetsConflictBelovedOur FamilyLife ChangingOur Community Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I am the love of my life, the marriage between my mind and my body.” MindBodyLove Of My Life Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Every prayer is an agreement with yourself. The mind is asking the real you, which is life, to guide your decisions for every single choice that you make.” MindRealChoicesPrayerDecisionAskingGuidesAgreementReal You Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You aren't staying in heaven because you still need to purify the mind. Your faith is powerful, but it is invested in what you believe you are, and most of what you believe about yourself is a lie.” NeedsMindBelieveStillsLyingHeavenPowerfulStayingAbout Yourself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.” WayMindChildrenRealYoungUsedJoyFreedomOpinionSunImagineChildhoodWindFlowerBecomingOceanUnderstoodUsed To BeInnocenceBeing RealJoyfulYoung ChildrenBeing FreeReal YouBeing A Kid Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I no longer agree to treat myself with disrespect. Every time a self-critical thought comes to mind, I will forgive the Judge and follow this comment with words of praise, self-acceptance, and love.” MindSelfAcceptanceJudgingAnd LoveTreatsPraiseAgreeForgivingCriticalSelf AcceptanceCommentDisrespectFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I will no longer allow anyone to manipulate my mind and control my life in the name of love.” MindNamesManipulateFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“...What you are is a force--a force that makes it possible for your body to live, a force that makes it possible for your whole mind to dream...You are life” LifeInspirationalMindWholeDreamBodyForceYour Body Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Also, go inside and listen to your body, because your body will never lie to you. Your mind will play tricks, but the way you feel in your heart, in your guts, is the truth.” WayFeelsMindHeartPlayBodyLyingYour BodyTricksGutsNever LieFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“The human mind is like a fertile ground were seed are continually being planted. The seeds are opinions, ideas, and concepts. You plant a seed, a thought grows, and it grows. The word is like a seed and the human mind is so fertile!” MindHumansIdeasGrowsOpinionConceptsPlantSeedsHuman MindFertileFertile Ground Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Once you forgive yourself, the self-rejection in your mind is over. Self-acceptance begins, and the self-love will grow so strong that you will finally accept yourself just the way you are. That's the beginning of the free human. Forgiveness is the key.” WayInspirationalMindHumansSelfMotivationalStrongGrowsAcceptingAcceptanceKeysSelf LoveHealthySuicideForgivingWell BeingRejectionSelf AcceptanceSuicidal ThoughtsForgive YourselfAccepting Yourself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live in. When we take something personally, we make the assumption that they know what is in our world, and we try to impose our world on their world.” PeopleKnowsWorldTryingMindDifferentDreamHealingConflictAssumptionOur WorldBeing DifferentFinding HappinessImposingSubjectivityDifferent WorldsBecause Of YouFour AgreementsIndividual Differences Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind. Our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive. Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves.” WayNeedsShouldMindBelieveHumansBookLawBeliefAcceptingAliveRiskInformationAnd LoveStoresAcceptedAgreementBeing In LoveTake A ChanceBelief SystemsBiggest Fear Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Life is not the body; it is not the mind; it is not the soul. It is a force.” LifeMindSoulBodyLife IsForce Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Ninety-five percent of the beliefs we have stored in our minds are nothing but lies, and we suffer because we believe all these lies.” LifeMindBelieveLyingSufferingBeliefFivePercentNinetyFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You are Life passing through your body, passing through your mind, passing through your soul. Once you find that out, not with logic, not with the intellect, but because you can feel that Life-you find out that you are the force that makes the flowers open and close, that makes the hummingbird fly from flower to flower. You find out that you are in every tree, and you are in every animal, vegetable, and rock. You are that force that moves the wind and breathes through your body. The whole universe is a living being that is moved by that force, and that is what you are. You are Life.” FeelsMindSoulWholeBodyMovingUniverseForceGrowthAnimalTreeRocksWindFlowerLogicMovedPersonal GrowthIntellectBreatheYour BodyPassingPassingsYour SoulVegetablesPassing ThroughHummingbirds Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“So much of the knowledge in our minds is based on lies and superstitions that come from thousands of years ago. Humans create stories long before we are born, and we inherit those stories, we adopt them, and we live in those stories.” YearsMindHumansLongStoriesSpiritualLyingBornYears AgoSuperstitions Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“All around the world, people believe that there is a great conflict between good and evil. Well, it's true that there's a conflict, but it only exists in the human mind.” PeopleWorldMindBelieveHumansWellsSpiritualEvilConflictAround The WorldGood And EvilHuman Mind Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“We have a dysfunctional dream of the planet, and humans are mentally sick with a disease called fear. The symptoms of the disease are all the emotions that make humans suffer: anger, hate, sadness, envy, and betrayal. When the fear is too great, the reasoning mind begins to fail, and we call this mental illness.” MindHumansDreamSufferingHateEmotionFailingSadnessPlanetsDiseaseSickIllnessBetrayalEnvyMental IllnessReasoningSymptomsAnger Hate Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You have to stand up and be a human. You have to honor the man or woman that you are. Respect your body, enjoy your body, love your body, feed, clean, and heal your body. Exercise and do what makes your body feel good. This is a puja to your body, and that is a communion between you and God. . . . When you practice giving love to every part of your body, you plant seeds of love in your mind, and when they grow, you will love, honor, and respect your body immensely.” MenGivingFeelsMindHumansBodyGrowsEnjoyPracticeLove YouHe ManHonorExerciseCleanPlantSeedsYour BodyHealFeel GoodCommunionBody LoveGiving LoveHonor And RespectPuja Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions.” KnowsNeedsFeelsMindKnowingAssumptionNot Knowing Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
