Don Miguel Ruiz on freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz30 quotes“For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they’re lies, you’re free.”
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I don’t know what I am. And it’s not important.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz I am here and I’m alive. That’s enough.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated because we make the assumption that what we believe is the absolute truth.
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.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz 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.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EpictetusEpictetus To live is to express oneself freely.
Bruce LeeBruce Lee If we are not free, no one will respect us.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamA. P. J. Abdul Kalam What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men.
Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.
Coco ChanelCoco Chanel I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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