Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don’t want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.
BYRON KATIEIf 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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
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The mind’s job is to validate what it thinks.
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I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.
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You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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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.
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Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
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In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
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When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
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Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
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Discomfort is the call to set yourself free.
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It’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
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