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“Religion has many concepts, many ideas about God. Your relationship with God is your own.”
“You are everything you are looking for.”
“Love has no obligation. Love has no expectation.”
“True happiness is not in fame, money, or success. It is in love.”
“Anger is just love wearing a mask.”
“Open your heart and your mind. The truth is everywhere, in everything.”
“To be alive is the biggest fear humans have.”
“Whenever a thought enters your mind, ask: Is this true?”
“The whole world can love you, but that love will not make you happy. Your happiness is in you.”
“Listen to your intuition. The body never lies.”
“In your whole life, only the present moment is real.”
“Pleasure is in being. Suffering is in attaching.”
“Love is happiness with the one you love.”
“Hell is your own creation. Heaven is your own creation.”
“Don't worry about being right. Worry about being kind.”
“To master your life, you must master your mind.”
“What you see in others is what you see in yourself.”
“All wars start with a thought. All peace starts with a thought.”
“Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean.”
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