You know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.
DON MIGUEL RUIZ
DON MIGUEL RUIZ
Don Miguel Ruiz on lying
Don Miguel Ruiz30 quotes“You know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.”
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Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz I am here and I’m alive. That’s enough.
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Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read ‘The Four Agreements’, you hear another voice beneath the story, the voice that comes from your integrity, your spirit.
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Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.
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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba(Companions) of the Prophet (saw).
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor, – all men know something of poverty. Not that men are wicked, – who is good? Not that men are ignorant, – what is truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
SaadiSaadi Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
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