The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.
BYRON KATIEThe only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.
BYRON KATIEI can’t love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.
BYRON KATIEHere’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 KATIEWhenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
BYRON KATIEI 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.
BYRON KATIEEveryone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
BYRON KATIEWhen you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
BYRON KATIEEveryone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
BYRON KATIEI am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.
BYRON KATIENo one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
BYRON KATIENothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.
BYRON KATIEEvery moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?
BYRON KATIEMy experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.
BYRON KATIEWhen you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
BYRON KATIEPeace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
BYRON KATIE