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Don Miguel Ruiz Quotes



Quotes by Don Miguel Ruiz - (47 quotes)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Artists category:

When we see ourselves as artists, we no longer feel the need to impose our story on others or to defend what we believe. We know that all artists have the right to create their own art. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Artists category:

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Artists category:

God, the supreme artist, uses our life for the creation of art. We are the instruments through which the force of life expresses itself. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Belief category:

Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Change category:

Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Children category:

As little children, we are authentic. Only the present time is real for us; we don't care about the past, and we aren't worried about the future. We enjoy life; we want to explore and have fun. Nobody teaches us to be that way; we are born that way. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Choices category:

Dream masters create a masterpiece of life; they control the dream by making choices. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Communication category:

Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Creativity category:

If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself? (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Criticism category:

Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Culture category:

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. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Desire category:

If you live in a past dream, you don't enjoy what is happening right now because you will always wish it to be different than it is. There is no time to miss anyone or anything because you are alive. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Dreams category:

Life is nothing but a dream, and if you create your life with love, your dream becomes a masterpiece of art. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Effort category:

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 Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Ego category:

You can measure the impeccability of your word by your level of self-love. How much you love yourself and how you feel about yourself are directly proportionate to the quality and integrity of your word. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Emotion category:

It is when we lose control that we repress the emotions, not when we are in control. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Expectation category:

If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Expression category:

We express our art in everything we say, everything we feel, and everything we do. The creation is ongoing, it is endless, it is happening in every moment. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Fear category:

The fear of not getting the reward becomes the fear of rejection. The fear of not being good enough... is what makes us try to change, what makes us create an image. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Freedom category:

The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves. But if we look at our lives we will see that most of the time we do things just to please others... The worst part is that most of us are not even aware that we are not free. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Goodness category:

All around the world, people believe that there is a great conflict between good and evil. Well, it's true that there's a conflict, but it only exists in the human mind. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Happiness category:

The real mission you have in life is to make yourself happy, and in order to be happy, you have to look at what you believe, the way you judge yourself, the way you victimize yourself. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Happiness category:

The best path to happiness is learning to change as rapidly as life does. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Humanity category:

Humans are born in truth, but we grow up believing in lies. One of the biggest lies in the story of humanity is the lie of our imperfection. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Ideas category:

You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Importance category:

Perhaps you're not finished with your story, and who knows if you'll ever finish it or not. Honestly, it's not that important. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Innocence category:

Return to the purity of your innocence where you are enchanted with life. Give love for no reason. Surround yourself with others doing the same... (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Insecurity category:

We want to know. If we don't know, we don't feel safe, we don't feel secure. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Integrity category:

There is no need to justify what we are. There is no need to work hard to become what we are not. We just need to return to our integrity, to the way we were before we learned to speak. Perfect. As little children, we are authentic. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Knowledge category:

Our minds have the need to know. When we don't know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Life category:

Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Limitations category:

Humans create their own boundaries, their own limitations. We say what is humanly possible, and what is not possible. Then just because we believe it, it becomes truth for us. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Love category:

People are starving for love, not knowing their heart is a magical kitchen. Open your heart... In your heart is all the love you need. Your heart can create any amount of love, not just for yourself, but for the whole world. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Magic category:

I change the world by changing myself. I am changing the world by loving myself, by enjoying life, by making my personal world a dream of heaven. I change myself, and just like magic, other people start to change. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Originality category:

Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Pleasure category:

When you love, whatever you do is because you want to do it. It becomes a pleasure, it's like a game, and you have fun with it. When you love, you don't expect something to happen; whatever happens is okay, and hardly anything disappoints you. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Questions category:

We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Questions category:

We have millions of questions that need answers because there are so many things that the reasoning mind cannot explain. It is not important if the answer is correct; just the answer itself makes us feel safe. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Reality category:

Our words, our thoughts, and our feelings all contribute to the creation of our reality. Our word is a two-edged sword, it can create or it can destroy. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Religion category:

At the present time I really have no religion at all. But I love and respect all religions and philosophies. I see how they get formed, how they grow up, and how powerful they are. But for me to believe in a specific god... no. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Risk category:

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 Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Rules category:

In the track of fear we have so many conditions, expectations, and obligations that we create a lot of rules just to protect ourselves... when the truth is that there shouldn't be any rules. These rules affect the quality of the channels of communication between us... (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Searching category:

We search for everything we believe we don't have, not knowing that everything we are looking for is already inside us. We are born with it. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Silence category:

The truth is silent. The truth doesn't come with words. It's something that I just know; it's something that I can feel without words, and it's called silent knowledge. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Trust category:

Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves. You have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Truth category:

Also, go inside and listen to your body, because your body will never lie to you. Your mind will play tricks, but the way you feel in your heart, in your guts, is the truth. (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Don Miguel Ruiz - From the Words category:

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 Ruiz)