"Here’s how a child listens: you tell him……" — Byron Katie
"Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you."
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268 Quotes by Byron Katie
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Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation.…
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It's not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from…
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Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener.…
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The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and…
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No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have.…
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When you do The Work, you see who you are by seeing who you think other people are. Eventually you…
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Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
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If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to…
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As you inquire into issues and turn judgments around, you come to see that every perceived problem appearing "out there"…
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Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares.…
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I don't let go of concepts -I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
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What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
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