Quotes from Miguel Ruiz

That is why whenever we make assumptions, we're asking for problems. We make an assumption, we misunderstand, we take it personally, and we end up creating a whole big drama for nothing.

That is why you cannot change yourself just by wishing to change. No, you need to really challenge what you believe you are, especially the beliefs that limit the expression of your life. You need to challenge every belief that you use to judge yourself, to reject yourself, to make yourself little.

El primer paso es siempre la conciencia, porque hasta que no seas consciente no podrás hacer ningún cambio.

we are talking about relationships in hell. We are talking about the mental disease that exists on this planet.

Being in bliss is like being in love. Being in love is like being in bliss. You are floating in the clouds. You are perceiving love wherever you go.

If you dishonor an agreement, learn from the experience and do your best next time. It is an act of grace to forgive. It is an act of love to offer yourself another chance.

Hasta que no seas consciente de que tu mente está llena de heridas y de veneno emocional, no limpiarás ni curarás las heridas y continuarás sufriendo.

Whatever goes against the Book of Law will make you feel a funny sensation in your solar plexus, and it's called fear. Breaking the rules in the Book of Law opens your emotional wounds, and your reaction is to create emotional poison. Because everything that is in the Book of Law has to be true, anything that challenges what you believe is going to make you feel unsafe.

The human mind is like a fertile ground where seeds are continually being planted. The seeds are opinions, ideas, and concepts.

That is why we need a great deal of courage to challenge our own beliefs.

The human is the only animal on earth that pays a thousand times for the same mistake.

Awareness is always the first step because if you are not aware, there is nothing you can change. If you are not aware that your mind is full of wounds and emotional poison, you cannot begin to clean and heal the wounds and you will continue to suffer.

Son tus reacciones las que te hacen sentir muy desdichado o muy feliz. Tus reacciones son la clave para tener una vida maravillosa. Si eres capaz de aprender a controlar tus propias reacciones, entonces podrás cambiar tus costumbres y cambiarás tu vida. Eres responsable de las consecuencias de todo lo que haces, piensas, dices y sientes.

If we have a wife or husband he or she also reminds us of the mistake, so we can judge ourselves again, punish ourselves again, and find ourselves guilty again. Is this fair? How many times do we make our spouse, our children, or our parents pay for the same mistake? Every time we remember the mistake, we blame them again and send them all the emotional poison we feel at the injustice, and then we make them pay again for the same mistake. Is that justice?

Según cómo las utilices, las palabras te liberarán o te esclavizarán aún más de lo que imaginas.

Of course, if you decide to live with someone, if you make that agreement, it is always better to make that agreement with someone who is exactly the way you want him or her to be.

The word is not just a sound or a written symbol. The word is a force;

We don't see the truth because we are blind. What blinds us are all those false beliefs we have in our mind.

Para cazarte a ti mismo también necesitas ser mejor cazador que el Parásito.

Throughout the world we see human suffering, anger, revenge, addictions, violence in the street, and tremendous injustice.

To be Toltec is a way of life. It is a way of life where there are no leaders and no followers, where you have your own truth and live your own truth.

Empezamos a actuar para intentar complacer a mamá y a papá, a los profesores y a la iglesia. Fingimos ser lo que no éramos porque nos daba miedo que nos rechazaran. El miedo a ser rechazados se convirtió en el miedo a no ser lo bastante buenos. Al final, acabamos siendo alguien que no éramos. Nos convertimos en una copia de las creencias de mamá, las creencias de papá, las creencias de la sociedad y las creencias de la religión.

We have learned to live our lives trying to satisfy other people's demands.

We are not good enough for ourselves because we don't fit with our own image of perfection. We cannot forgive ourselves for not being what we wish to be, or rather what we believe we should be. We cannot forgive ourselves for not being perfect.