Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.
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When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.
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The mind’s job is to validate what it thinks.
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I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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To argue with reality is to argue with God.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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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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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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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
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Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
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