Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
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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We do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.
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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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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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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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No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
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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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For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
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The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.
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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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It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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My life is a contribution.
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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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