When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives.
BYRON KATIESuffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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You don’t get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.
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I can’t love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.
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The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.
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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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If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
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You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
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Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
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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.
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If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.
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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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It’s quite an amazing experience to see the same life with and without the thought. We come to see how crazy a thought can make us when we believe it.
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Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself.
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