If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within. Byron Katie More Quotes by Byron Katie More Quotes From Byron Katie Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know. Byron Katie states natural knows When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place. Byron Katie mind world fall The mind's job is to validate what it thinks. Byron Katie ego jobs thinking I have had the privilege of losing everything. Byron Katie losing-everything privilege adversity My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now. Byron Katie teacher inspirational people 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 When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true. Byron Katie signals hurt The end of suffering happens in this very moment, whether you're watching a terrorist attack or doing the dishes. And compassion begins at home. Because I don't believe my thoughts, sadness can't exist. That's how I can go to the depths of anyone's suffering, if they invite me, and take them by the hand and walk them out of it into the sunlight of reality. I've taken that walk myself. Byron Katie sadness taken believe Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n. Byron Katie stress pain self Nothing outside you can ever give you what you're looking for. Byron Katie giving The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering. Byron Katie suffering helping way Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life. Byron Katie stressful paper Nothing you believe is true. To know Byron Katie knows believe Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they're not true. Byron Katie questioning stressful You're never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take. Byron Katie pain inspirational giving Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you. Byron Katie mirrors age thinking Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They're innocent. They're not personal. Byron Katie katie innocent innocence Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination--ev en you. Byron Katie figments imagination life-is That's what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that's what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization. Byron Katie pain self inspirational Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer. Byron Katie suffering happens believe