Don Miguel Ruiz

When we believe something, we assume we are right about it to the point that we will destroy relationships in order to defend our position.

Don Miguel Ruiz

When we fulfill any need of the human body, it gives us pleasure. To breathe gives us much pleasure.

Don Miguel Ruiz

When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do.

Don Miguel Ruiz

When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.

Don Miguel Ruiz

When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

Don Miguel Ruiz

When you go into the desert you meet your demons face-to-face. After coming out of the desert, all those demons become angels.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Wherever I go, whomever I meet, I see myself in their eyes, because I am a part of everything, because I love.

Don Miguel Ruiz

You are alive, so take your life and enjoy it. Don’t resist life passing through you, because that is God passing through you. Just your existence proves the existence of God. Your existence proves the existence of life and energy.

Don Miguel Ruiz

You can be loving all the time. This is your choice. You may not have a reason to love, but you can love because love makes you so happy. Love in action only produces happiness.

Don Miguel Ruiz