Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
BYRON KATIELife just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.
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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.
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Until you can love what is – everything, including the apparent violence and craziness – you’re separate from the world, and you’ll see it as dangerous and frightening.
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It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.
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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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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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