Quotes from Miguel Ruiz

Even moral laws like the Ten Commandments are programmed into our mind in the process of domestication

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.

Intent, you say, or intention?" "Intention is the mind's work, señora. As you put it, a wish and a prayer . . ." ". . . and a hope," she murmured. "It takes something beyond hope to bring a dream to life," Leonardo said. "It takes action—action that is fueled by faith in oneself." "Faith in oneself?" said Lala. "You are the father of blasphemy, sir!" "So says the mother of lies, madam!

The difference is that you are no longer innocent. When you were a child this was not true; you didn't have a choice. But you are no longer a child. Now it's up to you to choose what to believe and what not to believe. You can choose to believe in anything, and that includes believing in yourself.

When you inhibit your partner's freedom, you inhibit your own because you have to be there to see what your partner is doing or not doing. And if you love yourself so much, you are never going to give up your personal freedom.

We have the need to be right and to make others wrong. We trust what we believe, and our beliefs set us up for suffering.

Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you really want. You will find that you don't need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.

Your mind is a dream where a thousand people talk at the same time, and nobody understands each other.

The world is populated by billions of dreamers who aren't aware that people are living in their own world, dreaming their own dream.

Estamos tan bien entrenados que somos nuestro propio domador. Somos un animal autodomesticado

When we see the world through a computer virus, it is easy to justify the cruelest behavior. What we don't see is that misuse of our word is putting us deeper into hell.

And this is why we have a fear of being ourselves around others. Because we think everyone else will judge us, victimize us, abuse us, and blame us as we do ourselves. So even before others have a chance to reject us, we have already rejected ourselves.

We know we are not what we believe we are supposed to be and so we feel false, frustrated, and dishonest. We try to hide ourselves, and we pretend to be what we are not. The result is that we feel unauthentic and wear social masks to keep others from noticing this.

En este caso la fantasía se vuelve más real que la vida misma, hasta el punto de pasarnos tanto tiempo persiguiendo lo espectacular que nos olvidamos de que la felicidad también se puede encontrar en los episodios cotidianos que ocurren a nuestro alrededor.

The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.

the pressures of a relationship had brought out old fears, the fears of a dejected adolescent. Euphoria and anger still played against each other, and the result was considerable drama in a dream that should have felt safe.

los acuerdos más importantes son los que has hecho contigo mismo. En esos acuerdos te has dicho quién eres, qué sientes, qué crees y cómo debes comportarte. El resultado es lo que llamas tu personalidad.

Si te veo en la calle y te llamo estúpido, puede parecer que utilizo esa palabra contra ti, pero en realidad la utilizo contra mí mismo, porque tú me odiarás por ello y tu odio no será bueno para mí. Por lo tanto, si me enfurezco y con mis palabras te envío todo mi veneno emocional, las estoy utilizando en mi contra.

Just thinking "What if?" can create a huge drama in our lives.

For thousands of years we have been searching for happiness. Happiness is the lost paradise. Humans have worked so hard to reach this point, and this is part of the evolution of the mind. This is the future of humanity. This way of life is possible, and it's in your hands. Moses called it the Promised Land, Buddha called it Nirvana, Jesus called it Heaven, and the Toltecs call it a New Dream. Unfortunately

Wherever we turn our heads, all we see is the truth, but with the agreements and beliefs we have stored in our mind, we have no eyes for this truth.

Y si no respetamos la libertad de elegir de los demás, la paz no es posible.

We become aware that we can die at any moment; we have just the present to be alive. The truth is that we don't know if we are going to die tomorrow. Who knows? We have the idea that we have many years in the future. But do we?

We pretend to be what we are not because we are afraid of being rejected.