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Byron Katie196 quotes“Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.”
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Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
Byron KatieByron Katie I love the world, because I love the mind that created the world.
Byron KatieByron Katie When you become a lover of what is, the war is over.
Byron KatieByron Katie Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
Byron KatieByron Katie Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it’s true.
Byron KatieByron Katie I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
Byron KatieByron Katie To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don’t know anything finer than that.
Byron KatieByron Katie When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
Byron KatieByron Katie It’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
Byron KatieByron Katie That’s what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that’s what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.
Byron KatieByron Katie The only difference between heaven and hell is believing a thought.
Byron KatieByron Katie You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer”.
Byron KatieByron Katie So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”
Byron KatieByron Katie Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
Byron KatieByron Katie That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
Byron KatieByron Katie 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.
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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.
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The Lord breathes the breath of life, contrition of heart, into the face of the soul when he impresses upon it his own image and likeness, which has been soiled by sin, and renews it.
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua The Lord breathes the breath of life, contrition of heart, into the face of the soul when he impresses upon it his own image and likeness, which has been soiled by sin, and renews it.
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honor – the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau
