"How are you going to change the world? The answer is easy. By changing the world that exists in your head."
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Miguel Angel Ruiz quotes (page 4 of 16)
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"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."
"Don't make assumptions."
"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."
"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."
"Humans are mentally sick with a disease called fear."
"When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do."
"humans are born in truth, but we grow up believing in lies. one of the biggest lies in the story of humanity is the lie of our imperfection."
"For me personally, I don't pray using words - it is just with my intent. Why do I need to pray with "words," to something external, when I know what I want?"
"You can live in heaven right now. Heaven or hell is here and now; you don't need to wait to die. If you take responsibility for your own life, for your own actions, then your future is in your hands, and you can live in heaven while your body is alive."
"We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do"
"Know that truth, forgiveness, and love can heal the world. Imagine if all of us could be truthful with ourselves, start forgiving everyone, and start loving everyone. We would no longer be selfish, gossiping would be over, and we would no longer judge one another. The world would become a place where all of us live in love."
"Say the prayer first thing in the morning when you open your eyes; then say it again before you go to sleep. Dream the prayer. Feel the prayer with your emotional body. Be the prayer; align your faith and intent with the prayer until your whole life is based on this prayer."
"The whole world can gossip about you, and if you don't take it personally you are immune."
"'Eveything is made of light,' he said, 'and the space between isn't empty.'"
"There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally."
"You cannot change the world if you don't change your own world first."
"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."
"If you believe you are guilty and deserve to be punished, you are asking for it!"
"Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret."