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Byron Katie Quotes - Page 5

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Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn't need to happen.

Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn't need to happen.

Needs, Katie, Happened

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.

Reality, Thinking, Stories

What is perfect health? The unraveling of all imagined states of mind

Perfect, Mind, Unraveling

Twitter post from Feb 24, 2015

An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy. It's a gift that says, "Get honest; inquire." We reach out for alcohol, or television, or credit cards, so we can focus out there and not have to look at the feeling. And that's as it should be, because in our innocence we haven't known how. So now what we can do is reach out for a paper and a pencil, write thought down, and investigate.

Honesty, Writing, Uncomfortable Feeling

People who believe their unquestioned thoughts cannot see what is obvious and directly in front of their faces at all times, because they are invested in what they believe to be true. As long as they live out of an unquestioned mind, they must continue to argue with what they believe is happening rather than the reality of what is really happening.

Believe, Reality, Long

Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.

Opportunity, Wake Up, Life Is

Twitter post from Mar 01, 2013

A lover of what is looks forward to everything: life, death, disease, loss, earthquakes, bombs, anything the mind might be tempted to call 'bad.' Life will bring us everything we need, to show us what we haven't undone yet. Nothing outside ourselves can make us suffer. Except for our unquestioned thoughts, every place is paradise.

Loss, Earthquakes, Mind

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.74, ReadHowYouWant.com

I love not rushing the process. Mind doesn't shift until it does, and when it does shift, it's right on time, not one second too late or too soon. People are like seeds waiting to sprout. We can't be pushed ahead of our own understanding.

Inspirational, Rushing, People

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.93, Random House

When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.

Hurt, Signals

Twitter post from Jun 02, 2013

If you don't like your world, question your thoughts about it.

World, Like You, Ifs

Twitter post from Mar 06, 2014

Reality - the way that is, exactly as it is, in every moment - is always kind. It's our story about reality that blurs our vision, obscures what's true, and leads us to believe that there is injustice in the world. I sometimes say that you move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.

Moving, Believe, Reality

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.73, ReadHowYouWant.com

To understand our own thinking is to understand all thinking.

Thinking

Twitter post from Mar 17, 2013

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.

One Day, Appearance, Noticing

That's what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that's what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.

Inspirational, Pain, Self

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.162, Random House

When you're comfortable and secure, it's not enough. The mind doesn't stop there because it has to continue to focus itself as this body, so it moves to pleasure. And pleasure really is a non-existent thing. When we're experiencing pleasure, we're trying to hold onto it as it leaves, so it really isn't pleasure. Pleasure is pain because we're grasping.

Pain, Moving, Focus

"Doing the Work". Interview with Melissa Bond, www.catalystmagazine.net. April 30, 2007.

You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.

Believe, Perception, Belief

Twitter post from Aug 06, 2013

The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine.

Gold, Truth Is, Findings

I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's.

Three, Kind, Mines

Byron Katie (2010). “Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.140, ReadHowYouWant.com

A thought is harmless unless we believe it.

Believe

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.7, ReadHowYouWant.com

It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.

Friendship, Good Relationship, Clear

Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.

Believe, Suffering, Happens

Twitter post from Sep 23, 2013

When we love what is, it becomes so simple to live in the world. The world is exactly as it should be.

Simple, World, Should

Twitter post from Apr 16, 2013

Reality is always kinder than your thinking.

Reality, Thinking, Kinder

Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.

Discovering, Happened, Katie

Twitter post from Feb 07, 2011

You are the effect of your story, that's all.

Stories, Effects

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