It’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
BYRON KATIEHappiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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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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Love is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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You are the effect of your story, that’s all.
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Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don’t feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.
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I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.
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Until you can love what is – everything, including the apparent violence and craziness – you’re separate from the world, and you’ll see it as dangerous and frightening.
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When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
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Reality doesn’t wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.
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For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
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The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.
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It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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