I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.
BYRON KATIEWithout 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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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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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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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Nothing outside you can ever give you what you’re looking for.
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Your parents are your projection-nothing more.
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I didn’t fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.
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Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
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Love is worth living. Why do you trade life for less?
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I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
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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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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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