Byron Katie Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• 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.

  Byron Katie

  Believe, Single Mom, Simple

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

• 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?

  Byron Katie

  Loneliness, Believe, Sadness

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

• The Work is merely four questions; it's not even a thing. It has no motive, no strings. It's nothing without your answers. These four questions will join any program you've got and enhance it. Any religion you have - they'll enhance it. If you have no religion, they will bring you joy. And they'll burn up anything that isn't true for you. They'll burn through to the reality that has always been waiting.

  Byron Katie

  Reality, Joy, Waiting

  "Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life". Book by Byron Katie, 2002.

• 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

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

• Joy is a natural way of being.

  Byron Katie

  Joy, Way, Natural

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

• So, how can we live in joy - and how can we know that we're supposed to live in joy the way people tell us to - when we're believing thoughts that bring on sadness and frustration and anger and alienation and loneliness? When we're believing those thoughts, we think that's the world, rather than what we're believing about the world. We're like lost little children.

  Byron Katie

  Children, Loneliness, Believe

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

• One morning as I lay sleeping on the floor, a cockroach crawled over my foot. And I opened my eyes out of this dead sleep - about a 43-year sleep - and in place of all that darkness was a joy that I can't describe.

  Byron Katie

  Morning, Eye, Sleep

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

• I could go on and on about how the statements and concepts that used to depress me now bring me joy, but that is not easily understood for people who think the way I used to think and believe what I used to believe.

  Byron Katie

  Depressing, Believe, Thinking

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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