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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.”
-- Byron Katie
#Life #New Beginnings #Simple
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“Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.”
-- Byron Katie
#Self Esteem #Friendly #Lows
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“It's not your job to like me - it's mine”
-- Byron Katie
#Inspiring #Boyfriend #Jobs
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“Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's totally okay with me if they die. They don't have to live for my sake.”
-- Byron Katie
#Children #Parent #Sake
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“Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.”
-- Byron Katie
#Appreciation #Fun #Reality
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“It's a wonderful world when you have what you want at all times.”
-- Byron Katie
#World #Want #Wonderful
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“My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now.”
-- Byron Katie
#Teacher #People #Experience
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“For me, if somebody tells me to go away, that is an opportunity: for me to give the person a better life, to realize where not to be, and to see what could be even better than being with that person I love.”
-- Byron Katie
#Opportunity #Giving #Going Away
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“The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.”
-- Byron Katie
#Positivity #Perception #Filters
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“Mind is infinitely creative. And when it's not stuck, that's where the joy comes from. Something happens, and the way we think about it, understand it, see it, is actually hilarious, whereas before it used to depress us.”
-- Byron Katie
#Depressing #Thinking #Creative
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“When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.”
-- Byron Katie
#Heart #Done
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“People don't need sudden revelations. They get what they need when they need it, thought by thought by thought. It's a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself.”
-- Byron Katie
#People #Mind #Needs
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“Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.”
-- Byron Katie
#Self Confidence #Mirrors #Looks
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“Every mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that's the end of suffering.”
-- Byron Katie
#Mind #Suffering #Ends
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“Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.”
-- Byron Katie
#Peace #Two #People
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“Asking the questions - that's what changes lives. Every cell in your body is awake with inquiry. And you cannot believe the old thoughts again.”
-- Byron Katie
#Life Changing #Believe #Cells
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“As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out thereâ€â€”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.”
-- Byron Katie
#Mean #Thinking #Long
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“When the creative mind is unleashed and understands its true nature, it's unlimited. There's nothing you cannot do.”
-- Byron Katie
#Creative #Mind #Unlimited
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“Gratitude is what we are without a story.”
-- Byron Katie
#Gratitude #Stories
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“Inviting people to inquiry is much more powerful to me than describing my experience. When people hear me tell the story, they often say, "Oh my goodness, I get it. I get it!" But it's not enough.”
-- Byron Katie
#Powerful #People #Inquiry
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“The Work always leaves you with less of a story. Who would you be without your story? You never know until you inquire. There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you. Turn it around; undo it. You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood.”
-- Byron Katie
#Stories #Away From You #Turns
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“My mother became a believer, and then I became a believer. But when I was 43 years old, I began to think for myself, somehow, by fluke and by grace. And I thought, "Oh, my. I was so mistaken." The world isn't what I believed it to be. I am not what I believed me to be, and neither is anyone.”
-- Byron Katie
#Mother #Thinking #Years
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“A mind that doesn't question its judgements, makes the world very small and dangerous.”
-- Byron Katie
#Judgement #Mind #World
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“I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.”
-- Byron Katie
#Unhappy #Achieve #Wells
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“all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear”
-- Byron Katie
#Advice #Partners
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“Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.”
-- Byron Katie
#Attention #Use #Pay
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“It's our nature to be free, and until we're stuck in a stressful belief system, we're pretty happy.”
-- Byron Katie
#Belief #Stressful #Stuck
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“When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.”
-- Byron Katie
#Exciting
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“Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.”
-- Byron Katie
#Equal #Wiser
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“Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.”
-- Byron Katie
#Friends #Done #World
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