It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
BYRON KATIEI have had the privilege of losing everything.
BYRON KATIENo 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.
BYRON KATIEQuestioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
BYRON KATIEIf people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind’s every waking moment will be plotting those things. That’s how it stays identified – as a body, as a you.
BYRON KATIEYou are the effect of your story, that’s all.
BYRON KATIEEvery mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
BYRON KATIEThis is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.
BYRON KATIEI can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
BYRON KATIETo exclude anything that appears in your universe is not love. Love joins with everything. It doesn’t exclude the monster. It doesn’t avoid the nightmare – it looks forward to it.
BYRON KATIEIf I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.
BYRON KATIEThe ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
BYRON KATIEForgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
BYRON KATIEThe world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.
BYRON KATIEPlacing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.
BYRON KATIE