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The word is not just a sound or a written symbol. The word is a force; it is the power you have to express and communicate, to think, and thereby to create the events in your life. The word is the most powerful tool you have as a human; it is a tool of magic.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
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What this quote means

Words hold immense power in shaping our thoughts and reality.

This quote emphasizes the significance of words as more than mere sounds or symbols; they are potent tools that enable us to express ourselves, communicate with others, and influence our lives. The voice we give to our thoughts and ideas through words ultimately plays a critical role in crafting our experiences and the events that unfold in our lives, making language a form of magic that can create or transform our reality.

Themes

WordsPowerCommunicationCreationExpression

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Example use cases

In a motivational speech about the importance of self-expression.

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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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