Quotes from Byron Katie

I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.

Money is not my business; my thinking is my business. I don't have any other business.

Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.

Stress never feels as natural as peace does

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them

To argue with reality is to argue with God

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

I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's.

For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.

The last story: God is everything, God is good.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know.

The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.

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

Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?

What is perfect health? The unraveling of all imagined states of mind

Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.

Everything that happens is God's will. When you realize that, you're home free.

Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.

When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

Lack of understanding is always painful.

No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.