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Byron Katie Quotes

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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.

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.

Life, Positive, Wisdom

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

Thinking, Suffering, Causes

Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.

Inspirational, Past, Suffering

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Fear, Two, Causes

Twitter post from Feb 06, 2011

People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression.

Letting Go, Addiction, People

"Byron Katie Spiritual Leader. Story UNteller. Ambassador of Inner Peace". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.awaken.com. September 30, 2013.

Nothing outside you can ever give you what you're looking for.

Giving

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration. We don't feel natural or balanced. When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.

Spiritual, Hurt, Frustration

We do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.

Age, Mature, Awareness

Twitter post from Jan 27, 2015

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

Inspiring, Boyfriend, Strong Women

Twitter post from Jan 06, 2014

What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.

Believe, Suffering, Moments

Twitter post from Jan 28, 2014

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Love, Inspirational, Life

Twitter post from Jan 12, 2012

You can't have an up without a down. You can't have a left without a right. This is duality. If you have a problem, you must already have the solution. The question is, do you really want the solution, or do you want to perpetuate the problem?

Life, Want, Problem

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.156, ReadHowYouWant.com

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

Attention, Use, Pay

Twitter post from Jun 11, 2013

When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

Inspirational, Believe, Adversity

Twitter post from Sep 06, 2015

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Positive, Freedom, Stress

Twitter post from Mar 28, 2011

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.

Real, Doe, Stories

We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.

Thinking, Way, Happens

Twitter post from Sep 24, 2013

Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.

Past, Unreal

Twitter post from Apr 28, 2017

I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.

Believe, Single Mom, Simple

Byron Katie (2010). “Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.

Heart, Keys, Mind

Twitter post from Feb 14, 2013

The Work: 1. Is it true? 2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true? 3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? 4. Who would you be without the thought?

True Friend, Thinking, Workplace

"Creating Leadership Calm During Chaos: Interview with International Speaker and Best-Selling Author, Byron Katie". Interview with Ann Marie MacDougall, www.linkedin.com. June 18, 2017.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.

New Beginnings, Simple, Life Is

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Peace, Two, People

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.98, ReadHowYouWant.com

When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.

Heart, Done, Katie

Twitter post from Sep 18, 2013

The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and no thinking in the world can change it. This doesn't mean that you condone it or approve of it. It just means that you can see things without resistance and without the confusion of your inner struggle. No one wants their children to get sick, no one wants to be in a car accident; but when these things happen, how can it be helpful to mentally argue with them? We know better than to do that, yet we do it, because we don't know how to stop.

Change, Children, Struggle

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