Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else? Byron Katie More Quotes by Byron Katie More Quotes From Byron Katie To think that I know what's best for anyone else is to be out of my business. Even in the name of love, it is pure arrogance, and the result is tension, anxiety, and fear. Do I know what's right for me? That is my only business. Let me work with that before I try to solve problems for you. Byron Katie businessfearthinking When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim. Byron Katie adversityinspirationalbelieve When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless. Byron Katie upliftingsimplereality When you stay present with your children, that’s where abundance is. And when you stay out of their business, that’s where everything you deserve in life is. When you’re in presence, there’s no story, and you are abundance. And you come to trust that space so often that you just eventually hang out as that, because there is nothing that can move you out of it, not even a perceived child or a perceived anything. Byron Katie spacechildrenmoving It's not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It's particularly hard when you want them to see things your way. Byron Katie appreciationbelieveneeds The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life. Byron Katie miraclerealsomewhere-else A thought is harmless unless we believe it. Byron Katie believe Reality is always kinder than your thinking. Byron Katie kinderrealitythinking We're all looking for love, in our confusion, until we find our way back to the realization that love is what we already are. Byron Katie confusionrealizationlove If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life. Byron Katie teacherhappy-lifechildren What is perfect health? The unraveling of all imagined states of mind Byron Katie unravelingperfectmind I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment. Byron Katie single-momsimplebelieve When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be thinner.' Those are stories. When there's no story, there's no suffering. Byron Katie husbandsufferingbelieve Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror. Byron Katie inspirationallovelife Who would you be without the thought "I need more money to be safe?" You might be a lot easier to be with. You might even begin to notice the laws of generosity, the laws of letting money go out fearlessly and come back fearlessly. You don't ever need more money than you have. Byron Katie generositylawfear It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it's helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, "You're caught in the dream." Byron Katie stressdreamfeelings Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now. Byron Katie gratitudeappreciationinspirational 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 genuineprisonpeople I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts Byron Katie sadnessrunninglove-is No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me. Byron Katie letting-goinspirationalthinking
