It’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
BYRON KATIEUntil you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.
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The best way of leading people is to let them find their own way.
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You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
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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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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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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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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.
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Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
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If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
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When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
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Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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I 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.
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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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