Katie Quotes - Page 2

• 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.

  Byron Katie

  Mean, Thinking, Long

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

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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

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Truth

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

  Byron Katie

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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

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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, Positivity

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

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• Personalities don't love.
  They want something.

  Byron Katie

  Want Something, Personality, Ego

  Twitter post from Feb 26, 2011

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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

  Twitter post from Sep 18, 2013

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• An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.

  Byron Katie

  Mind, Suffering, World

  Twitter post from Jan 14, 2011

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• If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life

  Byron Katie

  Real, Somewhere Else, Missing

  Twitter post from Apr 30, 2012

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• The teacher you need is the person you're living with.

  Byron Katie

  Teacher, Perfection, Needs

  Twitter post from Apr 02, 2011

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• I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it.

  Byron Katie

  Believe, Thinking, Tempted

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• We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.

  Byron Katie

  Inspirational, Believe, People

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

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• A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.

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  Believe, Mean, Attachment

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

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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, Positive, Wisdom

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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

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

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• all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear

  Byron Katie

  Advice, Partners

  Twitter post from Feb 02, 2011

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• Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already have it—that you are it.

  Byron Katie

  Awareness, Seeking Love, Seeking

  Twitter post from Apr 08, 2011

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• Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.

  Byron Katie

  Life, Hurt, Be Careful

  Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.44, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Byron Katie

  Needs, Happened, Happens

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• 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

  Byron Katie

  Responsibility, Giving, Judgement

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• When you srgue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.

  Byron Katie

  Love, Reality, Loses

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• Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don't want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.

  Byron Katie

  Family, Children, Parent

  Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.80, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.

  Byron Katie

  Believe, Reality, Perfect

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• You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer".

  Byron Katie

  Strength, Being Strong, Spiritual

  Twitter post from Apr 06, 2011

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• I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace. "If I feel peaceful," they say, "why would I bother taking action at all?"

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  Peace, People, Action

  "Stop Second Guessing Yourself". Interview, www.eomega.org. March 18, 2015.

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• The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.

  Byron Katie

  Real, Somewhere Else, Miracle

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