Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
BYRON KATIEPeace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.
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Who would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?
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Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.
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Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
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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.
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
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When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.
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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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You are the effect of your story, that’s all.
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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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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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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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When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.
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I didn’t fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.
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