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“The point of life is to be happy.”
“Suffering is the result of not accepting what is.”
“The world is what you choose to make of it.”
“Be a vehicle of love. That is your purpose.”
“Listen to your heart. The heart never lies.”
“Stop justifying yourself. You don't need to.”
“To live without judgment is to live in freedom.”
“Love yourself enough to be honest with yourself.”
“There is no way to truth except through love.”
“You are not what you have done. You are what you choose to do now.”
“To be free is to live in love.”
“The body always tells the truth. Listen.”
“Stop fighting yourself. Make peace with yourself.”
“To be impeccable with your word is the most powerful spiritual practice.”
“You are alive. That is the miracle.”
“Awakening is remembering what you have always known.”
“Doubt everything you have learned. Find what is true for you.”
“Listen to others, but only believe what you experience.”
“To be happy is the simplest thing. We make it complicated.”
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