If you think the cause of your problem is ‘out there,’ you’ll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.
BYRON KATIEThe ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
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To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don’t know anything finer than that.
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Gratitude is what we are without a story.
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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You don’t get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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Everything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
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When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you’re mentally out of your business.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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We begin to not be human, as we’ve known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we’re confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.
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Your parents are your projection-nothing more.
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So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”
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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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Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
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