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 KATIEThe mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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To understand our own thinking is to understand all thinking.
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When you become a lover of what is, the war is over.
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Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that’s what you’ve lived.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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When we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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Reality doesn’t wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.
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It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
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The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
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When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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You don’t get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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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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