I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
BYRON KATIEI’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
BYRON KATIEThat’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
BYRON KATIEYou can’t have your daughter as long as you have a concept of her. When you get rid of the concept, you meet your daughter for the first time. That’s the way this works.
BYRON KATIEThis is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.
BYRON KATIEYou’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.
BYRON KATIEThat’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
BYRON KATIEThe most important relationship is the mind’s relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate – and, really, the only – relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
BYRON KATIEThe ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
BYRON KATIEPut your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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 KATIEPay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
BYRON KATIEWhen you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not the darkness that people fear; it’s what they imagine into the darkness.
BYRON KATIEWhen we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
BYRON KATIEWhen we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
BYRON KATIEGod, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.
BYRON KATIE