Miguel Angel Ruiz on self
Miguel Angel Ruiz51 quotes“We learn to be right and to make everyone else wrong. The need to be right is the result of trying to protects the image we want to project to the outside. We have to impose our way of thinking, not just onto other humans, but even upon ourselves.”
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I don’t like calling myself a “feminist” only because I don’t think I’ve done anything active enough to call myself one. It’d be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I’m not racist.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham You are alive, so take your life and enjoy it. You were born with the right to be happy, to love, and to share your love. Just to be-to take a risk and enjoy your life-is all that matters.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz Life is like dancing…changing all the time.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz Your opinion is nothing but your point of view.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz With knowledge, our creation can go in any direction – from the worst kind of drama, to the most beautiful dream. Then the best way to express our creativity is with love and awareness of what we really are.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz We never stop to consider that our beliefs are only a relative truth that’s always going to be distorted by all the knowledge we have stored in our memory.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz We were born in this society, we grew up in this society. And we learn to be like everyone else, playing nonsense all the time.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz It is always better to ask then to make an assumption.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz If you are not afriad, thereis no way you will get mad at me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will hate me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will be jealous or sad.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz What you will see is love coming out of the trees, love coming out of the sky, love coming out of the light. You will perceive love from everything around you. This is the state of bliss.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz The action is what makes the dreams come true. Always do your best. The dream that you have becomes real when you take the action. If you dont take the action whatever is in your head … will dissolve and you will forget about it
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz Being impeccable with your word is the correct use of your energy; it means to use your energy in the direction of truth and love for yourself.
Miguel Angel RuizMiguel Angel Ruiz All my book are my favorites.
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