Identify your painful thought, question it, and wake yourself up. No one else can. Byron Katie More Quotes by Byron Katie More Quotes From Byron Katie Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you. Byron Katie peace-insideknow-howwant all the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear Byron Katie katiepartnersadvice Those questions - when you think about a thought, when you're believing a thought or concept and you question it - you realize that it changes things. Every cell in your body is awake with inquiry. Byron Katie cellsbelievethinking As long as we believe our thoughts, there will always be war. Byron Katie warlongbelieve Inquiry appears to be a process of thinking, but actually it's a way to undo thinking. Thoughts lose their power over us when we realize that they simply appear in the mind. They're not personal. Through The Work, instead of escaping or suppressing our Byron Katie escapingunconditional-lovethinking Reality is always the story of a past, and what I love about the past is—it's over. Byron Katie storiesrealitypast Once we begin to question our thoughts, our partners-alive, dead or divorced-are always our greatest teachers. There's no mistake about the person you're with; he or she is the perfect teacher for you, whether or not the relationship works out, and once you enter inquiry, you come to see that clearly. Byron Katie work-outmistaketeacher It's very benign, it seems, to think, "There's a tree." In fact, it's a very beautiful thought. If someone chops down all the trees, then we think, "Oh, my goodness, something is out of order in my world." We begin to think, "Who am I in a world without trees?" Byron Katie beautifulorderthinking If I think the environment in the world needs to be cleaned up, let me clean up my own environment. Let me clean up the environment in my head - let me work with that pollution and that ecosystem. Byron Katie ecosystemsworldthinking This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always. Byron Katie vastnessparadisespiritual You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself. Byron Katie know-yourselfwould-bepeople Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that's what you've lived. Byron Katie katieyour-freedomwhatever-it-takes To understand our own thinking is to understand all thinking. Byron Katie thinking If you want reality to be different than it is, you might as well try to teach a cat to bark. Byron Katie cattryingreality There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom. Byron Katie inquiryfreedomsake The last story: God is everything, God is good. Byron Katie lastsstories Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past. Byron Katie sufferinginspirationalpast I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don't love it, question your mind until you do. Byron Katie givengoodnessmind Actually, I can't take credit for any of my decisions. I noticed one day that all my decisions were making themselves, and always at the right time. I haven't had to make one decision since then. They are always made for me, and they come from the wisdom that is in us all. I trust that wisdom completely. That trust itself was a decision made for me as inquiry cleared my mind. No decision, no fear. Byron Katie one-daydecisionmind I am entirely motivated without anger. The truth sets us free, and freedom acts. Byron Katie motivatedfreedom
