Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.
BYRON KATIEWhen they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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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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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
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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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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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When we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
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Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
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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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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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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
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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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