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Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
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Interpretation

What this quote means

The quote encourages people to overcome their fears and communicate openly rather than relying on assumptions.

Miguel Angel Ruiz emphasizes the importance of clear communication and the courage it takes to ask questions. By discouraging assumptions, he advocates for a more honest and direct approach in relationships and personal desires, highlighting that true understanding can only be achieved through inquiry and expression.

Themes

AssumptionsCourageCommunicationQuestionsExpression

In practice

Example use cases

In a team meeting where ideas are being discussed, reminding everyone to 'not make assumptions' can foster a more open dialogue.

More from Miguel Angel Ruiz

We have a tendency to make assumptions about everything! The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are truth. We could swear they are real. We make assumptions about what others are doing or thinking-we take it personally-then we blame them and react by sending emotional poison in our word. That is why whenever we make assumptions, we're asking for problems. We make assumptions, we misunderstand, we take it personally, and we end up creating a whole big drama for nothing.
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...What you are is a force--a force that makes it possible for your body to live, a force that makes it possible for your whole mind to dream...You are life
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What you will see is love coming out of the trees, love coming out of the sky, love coming out of the light. You will perceive love from everything around you. This is the state of bliss.
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Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. They become very self-abusive, and they use other people to abuse themselves as well.
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When 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.
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When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the biggest assumptions we make is that the lies we believe are the truth!
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