You can't drop concepts. You can only shine a little flashlight on them as you do inquiry, an you see that what… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Actually, I can't take credit for any of my decisions. I noticed one day that all my decisions were making themselves, and… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work...Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Inquiry appears to be a process of thinking, but actually it's a way to undo thinking. Thoughts lose their power over us… — 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
You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Inviting people to inquiry is much more powerful to me than describing my experience... When people hear me tell the story, they… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Asking the questions - that's what changes lives. Every cell in your body is awake with inquiry. And you cannot believe the… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Those questions - when you think about a thought, when you're believing a thought or concept and you question it - you… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings.… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Once we begin to question our thoughts, our partners-alive, dead or divorced-are always our greatest teachers. There's no mistake about the person… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
After you've been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought "She doesn't love me," you just get the immediate… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
It's important to realize that inquiry is about noticing, not about dropping the thought... Inquiry is not about getting rid of thoughts;… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
With inquiry, every painful story unravels. Freedom is possible in every moment. — 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