“I change the world by changing myself. I am changing the world by loving myself, by enjoying life, by making my personal world a dream of heaven. I change myself, and just like magic, other people start to change.” PeopleWorldDreamHeavenEnjoyMagicChanging The WorldEnjoy LifeLoving MyselfChanging Myself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do the exact opposite: They only take action when they expect a reward, and they don't enjoy the action. And that's the reason why they don't do their best.” PeopleReasonMotivationalActionEnjoyOppositesRewardsReason WhyExpectingDoing Your BestFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society. It has become the way we feel close to each other, because it makes us feel better to see someone else feel as badly as we do. There is an old expression that says, 'Misery likes company,' and people who are suffering in hell don't want to be all alone.” PeopleWayWantFeelsHumansMotivationalFormSufferingCompanyHellExpressionCommunicationMiseryLikesFeel BetterHuman SocietyAll Alone Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I don't take anything personally. I am a secondary character in other people's stories. I know that whatever people say about me is just a projection of their image of me. It has nothing to do with me.” PeopleKnowsCharacterStoriesProjection Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Today, imagine all the love flowing from your heart to all the people who need your love.” PeopleNeedsHeartTodayImagineInspirational Love Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“By practicing the Five Agreements, what you are really doing is respecting everything in creation. You are respecting your dream; you are respecting everybody else's dream. If you use these tools, your effort is really for everyone, because your joy, your happiness, your peace, and your heaven are contagious. When you are happy, the people around you are happy too, and it inspires them to change their own world.” PeopleIfsWorldUseDreamJoyHeavenEffortFiveCreationInspireToolsYour DreamsAgreementContagious Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.” PeopleKnowsBelieveStoriesWonderfulCommunicationDon't Believe 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 [people] love ourselves with conditions. We need opinions, we need approval, we create an image of ourselves that is not what we are. This how we lose our authenticity and create masks - how we become "domesticated."” PeopleNeedsLosesOpinionConditionsAuthenticityMaskApproval Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“When you are happy, the people around you are happy, too, and it inspires them to change their own world.” PeopleWorldInspire Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Let's stop believing that our differences make us superior or inferior to one another. Let's not be afraid that our different colors make us different people. Who cares? It's just a lie, and we don't have to believe all the lies and superstitions that control our lives.” PeopleBelieveDifferentCareLyingDifferencesOur LivesColorSuperiorsSuperstitionsInferiorsWho CaresDifferent PeoplesDifferent Colors Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Unity Consciousness is the experience of the 7 billion plus people on the planet being moved by the same force, which is God. It is the awareness to see what we really are: One Living Being. However, this is a truth that really can't be explained with words; the minute you say it, it is no longer truth.” PeopleForceConsciousnessMinutesAwarenessPlanetsMovedUnityBillionsPlus Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.” PeopleIfsLifeBigsLife IsChangeAngryDancingDanceRhythmMemorialLife Is LikePsychedelicInspirational DanceDance FloorShort DanceDance LifeClassical DanceLife Is ChangingDance Is LifeDance Moves Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.” PeopleRealLyingEvilConflictGood And EvilTruth And Lies Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.” PeopleIfsKnowsLyingPeople Lie Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally... Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.” PeopleInspirationalHappensPositivityKarmaWhatever HappensBecause Of YouFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“People are starving for love, not knowing their heart is a magical kitchen. Open your heart. Open your magical kitchen and refuse to walk around the world begging for love. In your heart is all the love you need. Your heart can create any amount of love, not just for yourself, but for the whole world.” PeopleWorldLoveNeedsHeartWholeWalksKnowingLove YouAmountRefuseWhole WorldAround The WorldKitchenNot KnowingStarvingBeggingOpen Your Heart Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Wherever you go you will find people lying to you, and as your awareness grows, you will notice that you also lie to yourself. Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves. You have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you.” PeopleBelieveLyingGrowsAwarenessTrust YourselfFour AgreementsPeople Lie Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“We don't need to justify love; it is there or not there. Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.” PeopleWayNeedsTryingRealLove IsAcceptingJustifyReal LoveTrying To ChangeFour AgreementsAccepting Others Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. They become very self-abusive, and they use other people to abuse themselves as well.” PeopleShouldBelieveHumansWellsSelfUseAbuseAbusiveFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Relationship is an art. The dream that two people create is more difficult to master than one.” PeopleArtTwoDreamDifficultRelationshipMastersLove Relationship Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans. We have learned to live our life trying to satisfy other people's demands. We have learned to live by other people's points of view because of the fear of not being accepted and of not being good enough for someone else.” PeopleTryingHumansEnoughViewsOur LivesDemandPoint Of ViewBe GoodAcceptedBeing YourselfLive ByGood EnoughJust BeingBiggest FearBeing AcceptedBeing Good EnoughNot Being Good Enough Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect you. They consider that you're not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingMeanStoriesArtistBornExpressionBeing YourselfGood ArtGood ArtistExpressions Of LoveWrite Your Own Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do.” PeopleHurtSeeingNegative PeopleMean PeopleFour Agreements 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
“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
“Everyone talks about freedom. All around the world different people, different races, different countries are fighting for freedom. But what is freedom? In America we speak of living in a free country. But are we really free? Are we free to be who we really are? The answer is no, we are not free. True freedom has to do with the human spirit-it is freedom to be who we really are. Who stops us from being free? We blame the government, we blame the weather, we blame our parents, we blame religion, we blame God. Who really stops us from being free? We stop ourselves.” PeopleWorldHumansDifferentCountryGovernmentAmericaSpiritFightingSpeakParentFreedomAnswersRaceBlameWeatherAround The WorldHuman SpiritDifferent PeoplesBeing FreeTrue FreedomDifferent CountriesFree CountryFighting For FreedomDifferent Races Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
