Byron Katie A To Z Quotes

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

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#2. Maybe everything we've ever done has been for love.

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#3. The pain shows you what's left to investigate.

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#4. People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression.

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#5. You are your only hope, because we're not changing until you do. Our job is to keep coming at you, as hard as we can, with everything that angers, upsets, or repulses you, until you understand. We love you that much, whether we're aware of it or not. The whole world is about you.

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#6. When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.

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#7. Life is so simple: We walk; we sit; we lie horizontal. That's about it. Everything else is a story about what's going on while we're doing it.

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#8. I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.

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

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#10. You either believe what you think or
you question it. There's no other choice.

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#11. Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.

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#12. I am entirely motivated without anger. The truth sets us free, and freedom acts.

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#13. That's where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.

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#14. Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.

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#15. I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work ... Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even in a world of apparent chaos. Above all else, inquiry is about realizing that all the answers we ever need are always available inside us.

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

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#17. Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's totally okay with me if they die. They don't have to live for my sake.

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

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#19. And as long as we believe what we believe-until that is questioned-there's no progress as a human race. Again, we still have war. So, effective rehabilitation is to question what we believe. When that happens, everyone gets out of prison.

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#20. Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it's true.

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

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

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#23. Reality doesn't wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.

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#24. Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.

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#25. My happiness isn't dependent on anyone else's.

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#26. Asking the questions - that's what changes lives. Every cell in your body is awake with inquiry. And you cannot believe the old thoughts again.

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#27. What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?

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#28. Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.

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#29. How do I know that I don't need what
I want? I don't have it.

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

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