One morning, in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my… — 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
Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n. — 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
The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there”—as long as you think that anyone or anything… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer". — 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
