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Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Humans believe so many lies because we aren’t aware. We ignore the truth or we just don’t see the truth. When we are educated, we accumulate a lot of knowledge, and all that knowledge is just like a wall of fog that doesn’t allow us to perceive the truth, what really is.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word, which is your own life.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Before we were born, a whole society of storytellers was already here. The storytellers who were here before us taught us how to be human.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the biggest assumptions we make is that the lies we believe are the truth!
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Listen to other people tell their story, but don’t believe them. You know that it’s just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they’re lies, you’re free.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign
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More on trust
It’s hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don’t always know who to call.
Lady GagaLady Gaga Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
PlutarchPlutarch Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother fucker’s reflection.
Lady GagaLady Gaga As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Trust your body it reacts to right and wrong better than your mind does.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur The greater number of people take their opinions on trust, to avoid the trouble of exercising their own minds, and these indolent beings naturally adhere to the letter, rather than the spirit of a law, divine or human.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero Never injure a friend, even in jest.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero
