Katie Quotes - Page 2

• It's difficult to seek other people's love. It's deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.

  Byron Katie

  People, Prison, Genuine

  Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Byron Katie

  Believe, Thinking, Tempted

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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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• 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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• An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.

  Byron Katie

  Mind, Suffering, World

  Twitter post from Jan 14, 2011

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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.

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  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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• 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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• A teacher of fear can't bring peace on earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who turns inner violence around, the person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. We are waiting for just one teacher. You're the one.

  Byron Katie

  Teacher, Peace, Fear

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• All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.

  Byron Katie

  Life, Wise, Wisdom

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

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  Real, Somewhere Else, Miracle

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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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• Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.

  Byron Katie

  Health, Mind, Needs

  Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “A Thousand Names For Joy: How To Live In Harmony With The Way Things Are”, p.81, Random House

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• The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious.

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  Perfect, Mind, World

  Twitter post from Jun 17, 2013

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• Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They're innocent. They're not personal.

  Byron Katie

  Innocence, Innocent

  Twitter post from Jun 19, 2013

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• You are what exists before all stories.

  Byron Katie

  Stories

  Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.180, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?

  Byron Katie

  Thinking, People, Needs

  Twitter post from Jul 24, 2013

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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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• 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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• 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.

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  Family, Children, Parent

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

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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.

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  Peace, Two, People

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

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