Byron Katie
Better known as Byron Katie, is the creator of the self-inquiry method called The Work.
Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.
An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.
Everything happens for me, not to me.
Reality is always the story of a past, and what I love about the past is—it’s over.
If you want to see the love of your life, look in the mirror.
If I think you’re my problem, I’m insane.
There are no new stressful thoughts. They’re all recycled.
There are no physical problems—only mental ones.
If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.”
Until you look forward to criticism, your Work’s not done.
Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.
I’m a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.
When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
We do only three things in life: we sit, we stand, we lie horizontal. The rest is just a story.
No one can hurt me—that’s my job.
The last story: God is everything, God is good.
“I don’t know” is my favorite position.
Nothing you believe is true. To know this is freedom.
No one has ever been angry at another human being—we’re only angry at our story of them.
When I walk into a room, I know that everyone in it loves me. I just don’t expect them to realize it yet.