Quotes from Don Miguel Ruiz, a Mexican author of Toltec texts

The more you practice gratitude, the more you see how much there is to be grateful for, and your life becomes an ongoing celebration of joy and happiness.

Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

The whole world can love you, but that love will not make you happy. What will make you happy is the love coming out of you.

Life is very, very simple and easy to understand, but we complicate it with the beliefs and ideas that we create.

Your life is the manifestation of your dream; it is an art. You can change your life anytime if you aren’t enjoying the dream.

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.

How are you going to change the world? The answer is easy. By changing the world that exists in your head.

Others are going to have their own opinion according to their belief system, so nothing they think about me is really about me, but it is about them.

All of the drama you suffer in your personal life is the result of believing in lies, mainly about yourself.

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?

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