Don Miguel Ruiz
Mexican author and Toltec spiritual teacher whose 1997 book The Four Agreements has sold more than ten million copies and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over a decade. Born in 1952 to a curandera mother in rural Mexico, trained as a surgeon, and shaped by a near-death experience in his late twenties that led him to study with his mother in the Toltec lineage of his ancestors, he has spent four decades simplifying ancient Toltec wisdom for a global audience. His four agreements — be impeccable with your word, don't take anything personally, don't make assumptions, always do your best — have become some of the most-quoted lines in modern self-help and spiritual literature.
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Quotes by Don Miguel Ruiz
105 quotes“Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions.”
“Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment.”
“What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.”
“When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.”
“The mind is like a fertile ground where seeds are continuously being planted.”
“All the magic you possess is based on your word.”
“Death is not the biggest fear we have. Our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive.”
“Self-acceptance is the way out of self-rejection.”
“Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally.”
“Doing your best, you are going to live your life intensely.”
“The truth is that you have always been free.”
“Forgiveness is the only way to heal.”
“You don't need to justify your love. You don't need to explain your love.”
“Wisdom is the conscious use of awareness.”
“Don't expect people to think the way you think.”
“Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.”
“Heaven is a story we tell ourselves. Hell is the same story.”
“To love yourself is to take care of yourself.”
“Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean.”
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