They say, "Katie, you're wrong." And if I say, "How dare you say that? I have studied and studied." Or, "I am… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you want to clean up the environment, start with your mind. It starts there! — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I have an expression I say a lot: I'm in a hurry. There's suffering on this planet that is so easy to… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind's every waking moment will be plotting those things.… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If something happens to your son, your thoughts about not having him in your life is what your terror is. It's not… — 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
If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If I think the environment in the world needs to be cleaned up, let me clean up my own environment. Let me… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When people are talking about manifesting, we can say, "I want a car, I want a car, I want a car," but… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Nothing can cost you someone you love. The only thing that can cost you your husband is if you believe a thought.… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren't true - whereas prior to questioning,… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If our stressful thoughts aren't true, what does that leave? It leaves, "I am loveable" - the very thing I could never… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
So there's only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That's why I say, "Who cares if you're enlightened forever?" — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you are an enemy to your own mind, other people have to become enemies too, sooner or later. Until you understand,… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen." — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
You can't have an up without a down. You can't have a left without a right. This is duality. If you have… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Who cares if you're enlightened forever? Can you just get it in this moment, now? — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
There's never a mistake in the universe. So if your partner is angry, good. If there are things about him that you… — 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
