If you want to enter a state of grace, question the assumption you’re defending right now. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If I say, if I talk about, 'I want to be enlightened...' it implies a future. And there isn't any. — 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
The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself. If we can't find peace within… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying! — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
No one told me that you could be alive and be happy. No one told me, and if someone had I wouldn't… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The world you live in is 100 percent your own responsibility. If you don't like your world, it doesn't work to say,… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
It's very benign, it seems, to think, "There's a tree." In fact, it's a very beautiful thought. If someone chops down all… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If someone says, "Katie, you are out of order," over something I've said, or, "Katie, you are wrong," if I defend myself… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you want reality to be different than it is, you might as well try to teach a cat to bark. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it's true. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The end of suffering happens in this very moment, whether you're watching a terrorist attack or doing the dishes. And compassion begins… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Do you know anyone who hasn't changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The power of one! If I can't stop war in my life, how can I expect politicians to stop war in the… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If you question your thoughts about when your son is not healthy, you come to see that you're the only one you're… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
For me, if somebody tells me to go away, that is an opportunity for me to give them a better life. And… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If we are in silence - in absolute silence with no thoughts - for 10 minutes, it's only a thought that tells… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I'm the one who changes the world if I can follow what I think should and shouldn't be lived in this world. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours and God's. Much of our stress comes from mentally… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The Work is merely four questions; it's not even a thing. It has no motive, no strings. It's nothing without your answers.… — 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
