Top 60 Alberto Villoldo Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “We can change the world with every thought we have and every word we speak.”

— Alberto Villoldo

2. “As the Lakota Sioux phrase Mitakuye Oyasin – “All my relations” – implies, we’re all connected, all in this together. Recovery is reciprocal: heal yourself, heal the world; heal the world, heal yourself.”

— Alberto Villoldo

3. “True initiation is a response to an inner calling; it requires that you face personal challenges heroically and experience a genuine rebirth into a new way of being.”

— Alberto Villoldo

4. “When you see beauty all around you, beauty will seek and find you, even in the most unexpected places.”

— Alberto Villoldo

5. “Shamanism is not a course, but a life journey.”

— Alberto Villoldo

6. “The True Self is infinite. It knows no boundaries. Pure essence. Pure light. Engulfing the mind, the soul, the body, the invisible real, with its radiance.”

— Alberto Villoldo

7. “Before you can move in new directions, you must first let go of what’s not working for you.”

— Alberto Villoldo

8. “The shaman does not believe in a division between the body and the spirit or between the visible world of form and the invisible world of energy.”

— Alberto Villoldo

9. “Destiny is saying yes to the calling we were born with.”

— Alberto Villoldo

10. “The task is not to search for meaning, but to bring meaning to every situation you are in.”

— Alberto Villoldo

11. “The dawning of the light of awareness is the new birth, where the sun rises and the day breaks within you.”

— Alberto Villoldo

12. “There is a sea of consciousness that is universal, even though we each perceive it from our own shores, an awareness and a world that we all share, that can be experienced by every living being, yet is seldom seen by any.”

— Alberto Villoldo

13. “Life and death and rebirth live within me.”

— Alberto Villoldo

14. “The Divine does not come from somewhere above, it exists beyond time and space, and informs all life.”

— Alberto Villoldo

15. “It is through your presence that creates your reality. What am I creating? I am a co-creator.”

— Alberto Villoldo

16. “The Munay-Ki is your invitation to dream an entire new world into being.”

— Alberto Villoldo

17. “There are those who follow maps, and those who make them.”

— Alberto Villoldo

18. “To an Earthkeeper, love is not a feeling or something your barter with. Love is the essence of who you are, and it radiates from you as a brilliant aura: You become love, practice fearlessness, and attain enlightenment.”

— Alberto Villoldo

19. “Healing is not necessarily about curing. As your inner light grows – anything is possible.”

— Alberto Villoldo

20. “To be a seer is to walk softly on the earth and dream.”

— Alberto Villoldo

21. “To become completely healed is to become the healer – bringing the beauty and meaning you found into the world.”

— Alberto Villoldo

22. “We often forget that growth requires sacrifice.”

— Alberto Villoldo

23. “To be a hero means being the author of your own myth.”

— Alberto Villoldo

24. “Everything you experience mirrors a part of you.”

— Alberto Villoldo

25. “One Spirit Medicine opens the doors to the invisible matrix of wisdom where everything is intertwined, where every thought we have impacts every cell in our body and every molecule in the cosmos.”

— Alberto Villoldo

26. “The universe is a Divine thought that has taken form.”

— Alberto Villoldo

27. “With imagination, we can hold a universe inside our minds.”

— Alberto Villoldo

28. “All deaths, all endings, are a path to the next beginning.”

— Alberto Villoldo

29. “Courageous dreaming allows you to create from the source, the quantum soup of the universe where everything exists in a latent or potential state.”

— Alberto Villoldo

30. “We are like a drop of water in a vast, divine ocean, distinct yet immersed in something much larger than ourselves. It’s only when we experience our connection to infinity that we’re able to dream powerfully.”

— Alberto Villoldo

31. “Patience is about understanding the right moment for action and the right moment for stillness.”

— Alberto Villoldo

32. “When you truly have the courage to dream, you have the courage to act as well.”

— Alberto Villoldo

33. “To see another with clarity and objectivity, one first must master stillness.”

— Alberto Villoldo

34. “When we are no longer motivated by fear, we understand that every moment is perfect in its own way. We no longer dread what we can’t control; we learn to respect the wisdom of Spirit rather than impose our will on situations. This is the path of genuine power.”

— Alberto Villoldo

35. “There are two kinds of people in the world: those who are dreamers and those who are being dreamed.”

— Alberto Villoldo

36. “Psychosis is a very Western phenomena.”

— Alberto Villoldo

37. “Life will drag us kicking and screaming to our destiny if we try to escape it.”

— Alberto Villoldo

38. “The shaman is a self-realized person. She discovers the ways of Spirit through her inner awakening.”

— Alberto Villoldo

39. “The nature of the cosmos is such that whatever vision you have about yourself and the world will become reality. As soon as you awaken to the power you have, you begin to flex the muscles of your courage.”

— Alberto Villoldo

40. “Only when all conceptions of space and time, life and death, are exploded, when the grip of the past and fear of the future become merely conditions of one’s past, only then can one live in the present fully.”

— Alberto Villoldo

41. “The dreams you craft at the level of your soul are very different from goals, which are tangible, measurable and set the future.”

— Alberto Villoldo

42. “Everyone else is waiting for eternity and the shamans are saying, ‘How about tonight?’”

— Alberto Villoldo

43. “We come to realize that the universe mirrors back to us perfectly our beliefs, our intentions, our sincerity. What is is the product of the map of reality you carry inside you. If you want to change your experience, you need to change the map.”

— Alberto Villoldo

44. “When we dream with the courage of our soul, we dream sacred dreams – fresh, creative, and able to infuse us with passion and courage to act.”

— Alberto Villoldo

45. “An inspired and inspiring guide to living with optimism in a world that is increasingly jaded and pessimistic. Uplifting, rousing, and challenging us to dream the world into being in a positive and creative manner.”

— Alberto Villoldo

46. “As soon as you awaken to the power you have, you begin to flex the muscles of your courage. Then you can dream bravely: letting go of your limiting beliefs and pushing past your fears. You can start to come up with a truly original dream that germinates in your soul and bears fruit in your life.”

— Alberto Villoldo

47. “The truest experience of life is when we dream awake.”

— Alberto Villoldo

48. “In order to tap into the power of dreaming, we must connect not only to the human story, but to all of nature and creation as well.”

— Alberto Villoldo

49. “In the West we have a disease-care system, and medicine recognizes thousands of ailments and myriad remedies. One Spirit Medicine, on the other hand, is a health-care system that identifies only one ailment and one cure. The ailment is alienation from our feelings, from our bodies, from the earth, and from Spirit. The cure is the experience of primeval Oneness with all, which restores inner harmony and facilitates recovery from all maladies, regardless of origin.”

— Alberto Villoldo

50. “The dreamtime infuses all matter and energy, connecting every creature, every rock, every star, and every ray of light or bit of cosmic dust. The power to dream, then, is the power to participate in creation itself. Dreaming reality is not only an ability but a duty, one all humans must perform with grace so that our grandchildren will inherit a world where they can live in peace and abundance.”

— Alberto Villoldo