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.
BYRON KATIEYou either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
More Byron Katie Quotes
-
-
No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
BYRON KATIE -
The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
BYRON KATIE -
If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
BYRON KATIE -
Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
BYRON KATIE -
You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
BYRON KATIE -
Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
BYRON KATIE -
Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
BYRON KATIE -
The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
BYRON KATIE -
When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
BYRON KATIE -
The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
BYRON KATIE -
You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
BYRON KATIE -
It’s not the darkness that people fear; it’s what they imagine into the darkness.
BYRON KATIE -
You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
BYRON KATIE -
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.
BYRON KATIE -
After you’ve been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought “She doesn’t love me,” you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: “Oh, I’m not loving myself in this moment.”
BYRON KATIE