Byron Katie on meaning
Byron Katie196 quotes“You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.”
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.
Byron KatieByron Katie To exclude anything that appears in your universe is not love. Love joins with everything. It doesn’t exclude the monster. It doesn’t avoid the nightmare – it looks forward to it.
Byron KatieByron Katie It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
Byron KatieByron Katie We begin to not be human, as we’ve known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we’re confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.
Byron KatieByron Katie It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
Byron KatieByron Katie When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
Byron KatieByron Katie Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that’s what you’ve lived.
Byron KatieByron Katie The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
Byron KatieByron Katie Love is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
Byron KatieByron Katie No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
Byron KatieByron Katie Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
Byron KatieByron Katie Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
Byron KatieByron Katie It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
Byron KatieByron Katie The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.
Byron KatieByron Katie Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
Byron KatieByron Katie You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
Bell HooksBell Hooks When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl When you forgive people, you understand the meaning of life.
Abel StarcAbel Starc We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl Silence is better than unmeaning words.
PythagorasPythagoras The quest for meaning is the key to mental health and human flourishing
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
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