Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
BYRON KATIEEvery mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.
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For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
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Reality is always kinder than your thinking.
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When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
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Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
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You don’t get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
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When we love what is, it becomes so simple to live in the world. The world is exactly as it should be.
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If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
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What is perfect health? The unraveling of all imagined states of mind.
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It’s not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It’s particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.
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When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
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Until you can love what is – everything, including the apparent violence and craziness – you’re separate from the world, and you’ll see it as dangerous and frightening.
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If you think the cause of your problem is ‘out there,’ you’ll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.
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It’s not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
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Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
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The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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If you realized how beautiful you are, you would fall at your own feet.
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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
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