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.
BYRON KATIEAll the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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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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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you’re mentally out of your business.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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Everything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
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I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.
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Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
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We cannot see what we don’t believe.
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Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.
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Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. They’re not personal.
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When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.
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The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.
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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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