Quotes from Byron Katie

That's what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that's what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.

It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That's your job.

We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.

All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.

No one can hurt me - that's my job.

Without an uninvestigated story, there's only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that's revealed after the pain and fear are understood.

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

If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."

The most important relationship is the mind's relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate - and, really, the only - relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.

Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.

We say to others only what we need to hear

It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.

The ultimate and dearest - and, again, only - relationship we have is the relationship we have with our thoughts.

The only and dearest relationship is the mind's relationship with itself.

It takes only one person to have a successful relationship.

When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be thinner.' Those are stories. When there's no story, there's no suffering.

Affecting the world is obviously possible when we see people in the world who we really love and respect and we see how that they affect our lives.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You're just telling yourself the story of how it doesn't.

After you've been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought "She doesn't love me," you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: "Oh, I'm not loving myself in this moment."

It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us.

Life just happens. It's what you're believing about life that makes you suffer.

Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.

Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.

When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.