I love the world, because I love the mind that created the world.
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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
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What we really believe is what we manifest. What we believe, we see.
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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.
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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
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I can’t love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.
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Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don’t feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
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The 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.
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Nothing outside you can ever give you what you’re looking for.
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The mind’s job is to validate what it thinks.
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Love is worth living. Why do you trade life for less?
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Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
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When we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
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Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
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You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.
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The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
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You 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.
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Who would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?
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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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I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
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Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
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It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
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