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Byron Katie Quotes - Page 3

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No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.

No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.

Stories, Humans, Angry

Twitter post from Mar 11, 2011

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them

Responsibility, Giving, Judgement

As long as you think that the cause of your problem is "out there" - as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering - the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise.

Mean, Thinking, Long

"Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life". Book by Byron Katie, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2002.

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.

Stress, Unjust, Variation

If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life.

Teacher, Children, Happy Life

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.104, ReadHowYouWant.com

Reality doesn't wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.

Reality, Waiting, Doe

When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you're mentally out of your business.

Change, Business, Thinking

If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren't true - whereas prior to questioning, you absolutely believe them. How can you live in joy when you're believing thoughts that bring on sadness, frustration, anger, alienation, and loneliness?

Loneliness, Believe, Sadness

"The Turnaround: A Byron Katie Interview". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. December 3, 2013.

Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.

Love, Inspirational, Life

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.30, ReadHowYouWant.com

It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us.

Believe, Bother, Happens

Twitter post from May 14, 2013

If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.

Light, Important, Pieces

Byron Katie (2007). “Question Your Thinking, Change The World”, p.203, Hay House, Inc

I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it. Thoughts are like the wind or the leaves on the trees or the raindrops falling. They're not personal, they don't belong to us, they just come and go. When they're met with understanding, they're friends.

Fall, Believe, Thinking

No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can

Disappoint

Twitter post from Dec 15, 2012

I can't love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.

Love You, Only Love, Has Beens

Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.

Stress, Doe, Like You

Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.

Doors, Serenity, Comes And Goes

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “A Thousand Names For Joy: How To Live In Harmony With The Way Things Are”, p.22, Random House

You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.

Believe, Thinking, Choices

Twitter post from Apr 07, 2011

The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.

Spiritual, Wisdom, Truth

Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.

Friends, Done, World

Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.

Intimate Relationships, Intimate

"Love: An Unconditional Experience of the Heart". Interview with Linda Sechrist, www.naturalawakeningsmag.com. February 2007.

Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know.

Natural, States, Knows

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “A Thousand Names For Joy: How To Live In Harmony With The Way Things Are”, p.274, Random House

There's never a mistake in the universe. So if your partner is angry, good. If there are things about him that you consider flaws, good, because these flaws are your own, you're projecting them, and you can write them down, inquire, and set yourself free. People go to India to find a guru, but you don't have to: you're living with one. Your partner will give you everything you need for your own freedom.

Relationship, Mistake, Anger

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

When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be thinner.' Those are stories. When there's no story, there's no suffering.

Husband, Believe, Suffering

When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.

World, Craziness, Our Thoughts

Twitter post from Aug 28, 2015

Your suffering is never caused by the person you're blaming.

Suffering, Blame, Persons

Twitter post from Oct 01, 2014

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