It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself.
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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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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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No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
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You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
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In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
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You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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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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Nothing outside you can ever give you what you’re looking for.
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It’s difficult to seek other people’s love. It’s deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.
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We cannot see what we don’t believe.
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