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Byron Katie reminds us that peace does not need a sudden revelation; it starts inside each person. She talks about listening to our own thoughts, the power of stories, and the fear of darkness that comes from imagination, not the dark itself. She also says that intimacy with others is possible when everyone feels free to be themselves.

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It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness.

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Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

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Reality is: Should people steal in this world? Yes. How do I know they should? They all do.

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My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now.

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How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?

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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.

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I teach people to question their thinking, and this changes their world.

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The best way of leading people is to let them find their own way.

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Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when…

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Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or…

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Just because we love someone, we begin to notice that love is an experience and we have to do something with it.…

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You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people…

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It's difficult to seek other people's love. It's deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we…

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If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind's every waking moment will be plotting those things.…

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What I invite people to do is to look at their lives just the way that they have lived them. Not to…

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I love not rushing the process. Mind doesn't shift until it does, and when it does shift, it's right on time, not…

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If you are an enemy to your own mind, other people have to become enemies too, sooner or later. Until you understand,…

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People who believe their unquestioned thoughts cannot see what is obvious and directly in front of their faces at all times, because…

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People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for…

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When people are talking about manifesting, we can say, "I want a car, I want a car, I want a car," but…

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Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are…

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There's never a mistake in the universe. So if your partner is angry, good. If there are things about him that you…

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When you do The Work, you see who you are by seeing who you think other people are. Eventually you come to…

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So, how can we live in joy - and how can we know that we're supposed to live in joy the way…

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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…

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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…

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We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.

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We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to tbe true in the moment.

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We all think we have our personal favorites. But when I say, "People shouldn't steal - is it true?" Everyone in a…

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Inviting people to inquiry is much more powerful to me than describing my experience... When people hear me tell the story, they…

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Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over…

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I can just talk about my world, and people relate to it because it's so familiar to them. It's them, it's not…

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No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't…

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Affecting the world is obviously possible when we see people in the world who we really love and respect and we see…

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I love being free enough that I can be so intimate with people, and that people are free enough that we can…

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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…

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I could go on and on about how the statements and concepts that used to depress me now bring me joy, but…

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People don't need sudden revelations. They get what they need when they need it, thought by thought by thought. It's a constant…

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Do you know anyone who hasn't changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then…

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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.

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…

Your parents are your projection-nothing more.

When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.

Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.

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.…

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It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us.

Love asks for nothing. Only personalities want something.

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…

Reality doesn't wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.

As long as we believe our thoughts, there will always be war.

“Reality doesn’t wait for our agreement or approval. It is what it is. You can count on it. Gary:”

You can't drop concepts. You can only shine a little flashlight on them as you do inquiry, an you see that what you thought…