When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
BYRON KATIELove is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
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The only thing you fear is the unreality that you yourself have invented.
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It doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now.
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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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Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
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When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. ‘My husband doesn’t respect me.’ ‘I should be thinner.’ Those are stories. When there’s no story, there’s no suffering.
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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
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There’s no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.
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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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It’s not the darkness that people fear; it’s what they imagine into the darkness.
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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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To understand our own thinking is to understand all thinking.
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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
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It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
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