We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Who cares if you're enlightened forever? Can you just get it in this moment, now? — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
If I say, if I talk about, 'I want to be enlightened...' it implies a future. And there isn't any. — 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
When you’re focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather than by your attachment to the story… — 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
People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“In reality, the pain we feel about a past event is created in the present,” — 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
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
What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to tbe true in the moment. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“You can argue with the way things are. You’ll lose, but only 100% of the time.” — 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
Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a… — 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
Some of us are returning to sanity, because we're tired of the pain. We're in a hurry. No time to mess around. — 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
Reality is always the story of a past, and what I love about the past is—it's over. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself. — 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