When you act like a teacher, it's usually because you're afraid to be the student. Byron Katie More Quotes by Byron Katie More Quotes From Byron Katie I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work...Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even in a world of apparent chaos. Above all else, inquiry is about realizing that all the answers we ever need are always available inside us. Byron Katie experienceconfusionneeds Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know. Byron Katie statesnaturalknows When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place. Byron Katie mindworldfall The mind's job is to validate what it thinks. Byron Katie egojobsthinking I have had the privilege of losing everything. Byron Katie losing-everythingprivilegeadversity My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now. Byron Katie teacherinspirationalpeople 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 depressingbelievethinking When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true. Byron Katie signalshurt 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 sadnesstakenbelieve Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n. Byron Katie stresspainself 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 sufferinghelpingway Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life. Byron Katie stressfulpaper Nothing you believe is true. To know Byron Katie knowsbelieve Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they're not true. Byron Katie questioningstressful You're never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take. Byron Katie paininspirationalgiving Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you. Byron Katie mirrorsagethinking Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They're innocent. They're not personal. Byron Katie katieinnocentinnocence Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination--ev en you. Byron Katie figmentsimaginationlife-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 painselfinspirational
