Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
BYRON KATIEPeace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
BYRON KATIEThe opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
BYRON KATIEAny story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
BYRON KATIEWhen a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.
BYRON KATIETo 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 KATIEI came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
BYRON KATIEWe cannot see what we don’t believe.
BYRON KATIEWhen we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
BYRON KATIEBottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it’s true.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It’s particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.
BYRON KATIEThat’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 KATIEYour nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don’t feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
BYRON KATIEWhen you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
BYRON KATIEThe miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.
BYRON KATIEWe may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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