When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives — 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
Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Any stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very… — 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 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
When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Who I believed myself to be was a hopeless case. I would wake up in the mornings and notice I was still… — 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
I used to sleep on the floor next to the bed, because I believed that I didn't even deserve a bed 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
A lover of what is looks forward to everything: life, death, disease, loss, earthquakes, bombs, anything the mind might be tempted to… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I'm not in Iraq. I'm here in California. Have I had an argument with my husband today? Have I been at war… — 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
But when you think you're supposed to do something with it and imagine that you're the doer, that's pure delusion. Just follow… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When you stay present with your children, that’s where abundance is. And when you stay out of their business, that’s where everything… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval? Do you live… — 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
Being present means living without control and always having your needs met. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Look at your life without the thought "Something terrible is going to happen." — 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
