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“To live in love means to live without fear.”
“Awareness is the precondition of healing.”
“All your relationships are a mirror.”
“Self-love is the foundation of all real love.”
“Drop the agreement of being a victim. Take responsibility for your life.”
“Speak with the integrity of love.”
“You don't have to suffer. Suffering is optional.”
“To know yourself is to remember who you have always been.”
“You are perfect just the way you are.”
“Stop trying to be someone you are not.”
“Love is the only force that transforms.”
“Don't waste your energy on the impossible.”
“Real freedom comes from inside.”
“Be yourself. The world will adjust.”
“There is nothing to forgive when there is love.”
“Domesticate your mind. Don't let your mind domesticate you.”
“You can't control other people. You can only control yourself.”
“Truth needs no defense.”
“Your relationships are an opportunity to practice love.”
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