Believe Quote by Geneen Roth

“Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it's about knowing who you are. It's about recognizing what sustains you and what exhausts you. What you love and what you think you love because you believe you can't have it.”

Geneen Roth

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (5 ratings)

Believe Freedom Health Inspiring Journey Knowing Knowing who you are Love is Obsession Recognizing Thinking Who you are

More by Geneen Roth

For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe…

Geneen Roth

Image

“Most of us are so enthralled with the scary tigers in our minds--our stories of loneliness, rejection, grief--that we don't realize they are in…

Geneen Roth

Image

Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed.…

Geneen Roth

Image

The relentless attempts to be thin take you further and further away from what could actually end your suffering: getting back in touch with…

Geneen Roth

Image

I tell my retreat students that they need to remember two things: to eat what they want when they're hungry and to feel what…

Geneen Roth

Image

After initial needs are metenough food, shelter, comfortthere is no correlation between money and happiness. That's a difficult thing for people to believe.

Geneen Roth

Image

“When you ignore your belly, you become homeless. You spend your life trying to erase your own existence. Apologizing for yourself. Feeling like a…

Geneen Roth

Image

“People often mistake tenderheartedness for indulgence, as if being kind to themselves leads to lethargy—sitting around the house all day eating bonbons and wearing…

Geneen Roth

Image

If you pay attention to when you are hungry, what your body wants, what you are eating, when you've had enough, you end the…

Geneen Roth

Image

“Pay careful attention to the bodily sensations that you recognize as hunger. When you feel yourself starting to get hungry, sit down for a…

Geneen Roth

Image

The purpose of healing is to live while you are alive instead of dying while you are alive. Healing is about being broken and…

Geneen Roth

Image

“But replacing hunger for divine connection with Double Stuf Oreos is like giving a glass of sand to a person dying of thirst. It…

Geneen Roth

Image

Explore all 141 Geneen Roth quotes

More Believe quotes

I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have…

Julianne Moore

Image

Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom…

Emily Robison

Image

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…

Eric Hoffer

Image

Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping; keep believing because He is working behind the scenes. He's going…

Joel Osteen