Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
BYRON KATIENothing outside you can ever give you what you’re looking for.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.
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When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
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Here’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.
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If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
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To 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.
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Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
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I didn’t fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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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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There’s no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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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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