Byron Katie on destruction
Byron Katie196 quotes“The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.”
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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.
Byron KatieByron Katie You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
Byron KatieByron Katie What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.
Byron KatieByron Katie
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
Abdullah IIAbdullah II Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
Abdullah IIAbdullah II There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
QuintilianQuintilian When you master the art of being alone, darling you are indestructible.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta Poetry is a dissociating and anarchic force which through analogy, associations and imagery, thrives on the destruction of known relationships.
Antonin ArtaudAntonin Artaud It felt as if the sky would collapse into itself when she was near, a beautifully destructive chaotic thing.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.
Aaron KleinAaron Klein
