Byron Katie citations

“Don't believe every thing you think.”

“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.”

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

“It's not your job to like me - it's mine”

“I’m a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.”

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

“When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.”

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

“When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time.”

“An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.”

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

“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.”

“Forgiveness is realizing that what you thought happened, didn’t.”

“Defense is the first act of war.”

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

“No one can hurt me—that’s my job.”

“When I am perfectly clear, what is is what I want.”

“How do I know that I don’t need what I want? I don’t have it.”

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

“All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.”

“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”

“When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.”

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

“The miracle of love comes to us in the presence of the uninterpreted moment.”

“Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.”

“Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.”

“Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.”

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

“The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.”