416 Quotes by Miguel Ruiz

Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves.

Don’t take anything personally.

You have the right to be mad, but I don’t have to be mad because you are mad. I didn’t do anything to cause your anger.” You don’t have to accept your partner’s anger at all, but you can allow her to be angry. There is no need to argue; just allow her to be what she is, allow her to heal without intervening. And you can also agree not to interfere with your own healing process.

In your whole life nobody has ever abused you more than you have abused yourself.

Self-rejection is the biggest sin that you can commit.

Just consider what you believe about yourself and what your Mother believes about you. She can say she knows you very well, but she has no idea who you really are. You know that she doesn’t. You can believe that you know your Mother very well, but you don’t have any idea who she really is. She has all those fantasies in her mind that she never shared with anyone else. You have no idea what is inside her mind.

What you are seeing and hearing right now is nothing but a dream. You are dreaming right now in this moment. You are dreaming with the brain awake.

All of our drama and suffering is by practice.

I no longer agree to treat myself with disrespect. Every time a self-critical thought comes to mind, I will forgive the Judge and follow this comment with words of praise, self-acceptance, and love.