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Time Quotes by Byron Katie

52 Time quotes by Byron Katie

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When the mind questions itself, the present moment clears like a window. Since the past and future are unreal, all you have is enough right this very second. Love appears when you stay in the uninterpreted moment, and each decision seems to arise on its own, showing the kindness of reality.

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Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?

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Reality is always the story of a past, and what I love about the past is—it's over.

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That's what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that's where it is.

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With inquiry, every painful story unravels. Freedom is possible in every moment.

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Each time your mind changes your whole world is changed.

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Who cares if you're enlightened forever? Can you just get it in this moment, now?

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This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.

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It's a wonderful world when you have what you want at all times.

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I realized that it's insane to oppose it. When I argue with reality, I lose-but only 100% of the time. How do…

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I was clinically depressed. I was paranoid. I was agoraphobic. I would have days at a time of not being able to…

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God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in…

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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…

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When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very…

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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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You can’t have your daughter as long as you have a concept of her. When you get rid of the concept, you…

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The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss…

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The end of suffering happens in this very moment, whether you're watching a terrorist attack or doing the dishes. And compassion begins…

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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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I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that…

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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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Actually, I can't take credit for any of my decisions. I noticed one day that all my decisions were making themselves, and…

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Reality - the way that is, exactly as it is, in every moment - is always kind. It's our story about reality…

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When you’re focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather than by your attachment to the story…

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“Since the beginning of time, people have been trying to change the world so that they can be happy. This hasn’t ever…

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If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying!

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Fear is always the result of an unquestioned past imagined as a future.

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Some of us are returning to sanity, because we're tired of the pain. We're in a hurry. No time to mess around.

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When you argue with reality, you lose...but only 100% of the time.

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Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.

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“You can argue with the way things are. You’ll lose, but only 100% of the time.”

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What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.

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We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.

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If I say, if I talk about, 'I want to be enlightened...' it implies a future. And there isn't any.

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There is no peace in the world until you find peace within yourself in this moment.

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When you srgue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.

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

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“In reality, the pain we feel about a past event is created in the present,”

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“Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing has ever happened that didn't need to happen.”

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Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n.

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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:”

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