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.
Miguel Angel RuizYou aren't staying in heaven because you still need to purify the mind. Your faith is powerful, but it is invested in what you believe you are, and most of what you believe about yourself is a lie.
Miguel Angel RuizFor many years, I used to pray as an act of power, but that was before I had 100% faith in myself.
Miguel Angel RuizWhen we try to describe the truth with words, we distort it and it's no longer truth--it's our story. The story may be true for us, but that doesn't mean it's true for anyone else.
Miguel Angel RuizYou know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.
Miguel Angel RuizI 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. Because what I believe is that the infinite, the absolute, is a living being and the only one living being that really exists.
Miguel Angel Ruiz