Byron Katie
Better known as Byron Katie, is the creator of the self-inquiry method called The Work.
Arguing with reality is like trying to teach a cat to bark—hopeless.
You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
We say to others only what we need to hear.
When I am perfectly clear, what is is what I want.
Ultimately, I am all I can know.
Sanity doesn’t suffer, ever.
Forgiveness is realizing that what you thought happened, didn’t.
When I walk into a room, I know that everyone in it loves me. I just don’t expect them to realize it yet.
No one has ever been angry at another human being—we’re only angry at our story of them.
Nothing you believe is true. To know this is freedom.
“I don’t know” is my favorite position.
The last story: God is everything, God is good.
No one can hurt me—that’s my job.
We do only three things in life: we sit, we stand, we lie horizontal. The rest is just a story.
When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
I’m a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.
Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.
Until you look forward to criticism, your Work’s not done.
If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.”
Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.