Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
BYRON KATIEWhen we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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I have had the privilege of losing everything.
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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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To 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.
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What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.
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Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it’s true.
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You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
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When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
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Nothing you believe is true. To know this is freedom.
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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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Realizing 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.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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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 they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
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