Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut:… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide?… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Hurt feelings or discomfort of any kind cannot be cause by another person. No one outside me can hurt me. That’s not… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there”—as long as you think that anyone or anything… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The moment it begins to question itself, the mind becomes so clear that it starts working with itself rather than with the body's identification. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
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… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I used to sleep on the floor next to the bed, because I believed that I didn't even deserve a bed to sleep in.… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
You can never make yourself believe that you're loveable, however hard you try, because when the chips are down what you really believe rises… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“Your story is your identity, and you’d do almost anything to prove that it’s true. Inquiry into self is the only thing that has… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it. Thoughts are like the wind or the leaves on the trees or… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Reality doesn't wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
