So much of the knowledge in our minds is based on lies and superstitions that come from thousands of years ago. Humans create stories long before we are born, and we inherit those stories, we adopt them, and we live in those stories.
Miguel Angel RuizWhenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system.
Miguel Angel RuizWe don't need to justify love; it is there or not there. Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.
Miguel Angel RuizIn your whole life nobody has ever abused you more than you have abused yourself. And the limit of your self-abuse is exactly the limit that you will tolerate from someone else. if someone abuses you a little more than you abuse yourself, you will probably walk away from that person. But if someone abuses you a little less than you abuse yourself, you will probably stay in the relationship and tolerate it endlessly.
Miguel Angel Ruiz