Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
BYRON KATIEIf you think the cause of your problem is ‘out there,’ you’ll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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We cannot see what we don’t believe.
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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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Every stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
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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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It’s difficult to seek other people’s love. It’s deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.
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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
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There’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
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Reality is always kinder than your thinking.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
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Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
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The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine.
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