The Four Agreements

What they say, what they do, and the opinions they give are according to the agreements they have in their own minds.

When you don’t take the emotional poison, it becomes even worse in the sender, but not in you.

The habit of making assumptions and the misunderstandings it creates.

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

The whole war of control between humans is about making assumptions and taking things personally.

Making assumptions in our relationships is really asking for problems.

The day you stop making assumptions you will communicate cleanly and clearly, free of emotional poison.

Under any circumstance, always do your best, no more and no less.

If you try too hard to do more than your best, you will spend more energy than is needed and in the end your best will not be enough.

When you always do your best, you take action because you love it, not because you’re expecting a reward.