I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.
BYRON KATIEYou would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.
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The only difference between heaven and hell is believing a thought.
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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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The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
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The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
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It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
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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.
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You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
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Every mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
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