I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
BYRON KATIE
BYRON KATIE
Byron Katie on temptation
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Byron KatieByron Katie It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
Byron KatieByron Katie You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
Byron KatieByron Katie No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
Byron KatieByron Katie We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
Byron KatieByron Katie Any stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being exhausted in not fully meeting life as it is, without conditions.
Byron KatieByron Katie Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.
Byron KatieByron Katie There is nothing that isn’t true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.
Byron KatieByron Katie Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
Byron KatieByron Katie When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you’re mentally out of your business.
Byron KatieByron Katie I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
Byron KatieByron Katie What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
Byron KatieByron Katie Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
Byron KatieByron Katie Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
Byron KatieByron Katie I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
Byron KatieByron Katie If 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.
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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote Temptation to behave is terrible.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The habit of virtue cannot be formed in a closet. Habits are formed by acts of reason in a persevering struggle through temptation.
Bernard GilpinBernard Gilpin Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote The attempt to close the gap between what is known and what IS, is the temptation behind the apple in Genesis.
Barry LopezBarry Lopez Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
Ben HarperBen Harper You are a mirage – never mine to hold. A glimering promise so tempting to chase, eternally out of reach.
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