If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
BYRON KATIEThere’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
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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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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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If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.
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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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It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
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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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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
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Everything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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The most important relationship is the mind’s relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate – and, really, the only – relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
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You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
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Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realization.
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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