If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t. Byron Katie More Quotes by Byron Katie More Quotes From Byron Katie Your understanding of another person is limited by what you think you already know. So when you just listen, the person you meet won't match your preconception. The exciting thing is that you usually meet someone much wiser and kinder than you expected. You might also lose track of your ideas about who you are. Byron Katie track ideas thinking The voice within is what I'm married to. All marriage is a metaphor for that marriage. My lover is the place inside me where an honest yes and no come from. That's my true partner. It's always there. Byron Katie divorce honesty integrity The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change. Byron Katie katie believe world The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself Byron Katie ego jobs You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected Byron Katie projects You are the effect of your story, that's all. Byron Katie effects stories I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a reader. Byron Katie wise teacher people If you are an enemy to your own mind, other people have to become enemies too, sooner or later. Until you understand, until you can love the thoughts that appear in your mind, then you can love the rest of us. You work with the projector -the mind - not the projected world. I can't really love you until I question the mind that thinks it sees you outside itself . . . Byron Katie love-you people thinking Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story. Byron Katie causes suffering stories Love is worth living. Why do you trade life for less? Byron Katie worth-living trade love-is Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn't need to happen. Byron Katie katie happened needs If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question. Byron Katie want-something ifs believe When your son is healthy and happy, you're healthy and happy. And when your son is not healthy, let's say you're unhappy. Byron Katie healthy unhappy son People don't need sudden revelations. They get what they need when they need it, thought by thought by thought. It's a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself. Byron Katie mind people needs My life is a contribution. Byron Katie contribution life-is If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light. Byron Katie pieces important light One morning in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I suffered, but when I questioned them, I didn't suffer. Byron Katie realization suffering morning Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself. Byron Katie today It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness. Byron Katie imagine darkness people It's not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace. Byron Katie simple peace believe
