Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
BYRON KATIEDon’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
BYRON KATIEIt 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.”
BYRON KATIEThe Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
BYRON KATIERealizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.
BYRON KATIEUntil you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
BYRON KATIEIt makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
BYRON KATIEIt doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now.
BYRON KATIEI love the world, because I love the mind that created the world.
BYRON KATIEThere’s no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.
BYRON KATIESuffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
BYRON KATIEThe world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.
BYRON KATIEThe ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
BYRON KATIEI came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
BYRON KATIEWhat would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
BYRON KATIEEvery stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
BYRON KATIEWhen they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
BYRON KATIE