The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in… — 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
That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you're believing an untrue thought — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I realized that it's insane to oppose it. When I argue with reality, I lose-but only 100% of the time. How do… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The Work: 1. Is it true? 2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true? 3. How do you react, what happens, when… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I know that even at moments of apparent danger, nothing is out of order or lacking, other than our own unquestioned thoughts… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Happiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
To think that I know what's best for anyone else is to be out of my business. Even in the name of… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance,… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
So, how can we live in joy - and how can we know that we're supposed to live in joy the way… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The Work always leaves you with less of a story. Who would you be without your story? You never know until you… — 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
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
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
The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and no thinking… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
So, how do you get back to heaven? To begin with, just notice the thoughts that take you away from it. You… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When you're operating on uninvestigated theories of what's going on and you aren't even aware of it, you're in what I call… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Reality is: Should people steal in this world? Yes. How do I know they should? They all do. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Your understanding of another person is limited by what you think you already know. So when you just listen, the person 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
