" We can externalize all our biggest demons, we can scare ourselves with images of devils and ghouls—or we can look inward, listen, and recognize the voice of knowledge that lives and speaks to us on a constant basis. That voice can sound very scary. We are not accustomed to hearing ourselves, and so we rarely acknowledge the messages of selfishness and cruelty that we deliver on a daily basis. It’s an act of self-love to pay attention to what we think, and to modify that internal conversation. "

― Miguel Ruiz , The Toltec Art of Life and Death