It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
BYRON KATIEWhen your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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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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What is perfect health? The unraveling of all imagined states of mind.
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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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You can’t have your daughter as long as you have a concept of her. When you get rid of the concept, you meet your daughter for the first time. That’s the way this works.
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When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
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It’s not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It’s particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.
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Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.
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That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
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Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
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The only difference between heaven and hell is believing a thought.
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The whole planet is waiting for someone to do it first.
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We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
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Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
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