The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)

by Miguel Ruiz

That is why we need a great deal of courage to challenge our own beliefs. Because even if we know we didn’t choose all these beliefs, it is also true that we agreed to all of them.

If you want to live a life of joy and fulfillment, you have to find the courage to break those agreements that are fear-based and claim your personal power.

The first agreement is to be impeccable with your word. It sounds very simple, but it is very, very powerful.

Being impeccable with your word is the correct use of your energy; it means to use your energy in the direction of truth and love for yourself.

You will only receive a negative idea if your mind is fertile ground for that idea.

It is always better to ask questions than to make an assumption, because assumptions set us up for suffering.

A white magician uses the word for creation, giving, sharing, and loving.

What you need comes to you easily because spirit moves freely through you. This is the mastery of intent, the mastery of the spirit, the mastery of love, the mastery of gratitude, and the mastery of life. This is the goal of the Toltec. This is the path to personal freedom.

The fourth agreement is about the action of the first three: Always do your best.

By doing your best, the habits of misusing your word, taking things personally, and making assumptions will become weaker and less frequent with time.

Forgiveness is the only way to heal. We can choose to forgive because we feel compassion for ourselves.

I decided to put a little piece of my love in every tree, and the trees loved me back, and I became one with the trees, but my love did not stop, it grew more. I put a piece of love in every flower, in the grass, in the earth and they loved me back, and we became one.