Byron Katie Quotes

Byron Kathleen Mitchell, or Byron Katie as she is better known, was born on the 6th of December, 1942 in the U.S.A. Her published books include "Loving What Is", "I Need Your Love—Is That True?", "Question Your Thinking, Change the World", and "A Thousand Names for Joy: A Guide to Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are".

Byron Katie is known the most for the simple process of self-inquiry which she calls “The Work”. This process is four questions followed by what is known as a “turnaround”. This process is an effective way of finding freedom from stressful thoughts. You can find out more at this link: http://thework.com

Here are some popular quotes by Byron Katie:

• "Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do."
• "All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment."
• "The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the un-interpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life."
• "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"
• "Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn't need to happen."
• "When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time."
• "All the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear"
• "As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there”—as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering—the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise."
• "A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years."
• "When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done."
• "Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that's what you've lived."
• "If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No: When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don’t have to direct it; the hand moves itself. In the same way, once you understand, through inquiry, that an untrue thought causes suffering, you move away from it."
• "Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself."
• "Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing has ever happened that didn't need to happen."
• "Since the beginning of time, people have been trying to change the world so that they can be happy. This hasn’t ever worked, because it approaches the problem backward. What The Work gives us is a way to change the projector—mind—rather than the projected. It’s like when there’s a piece of lint on a projector’s lens. We think there’s a flaw on the screen, and we try to change this person and that person, whomever the flaw appears on next. But it’s futile to try to change the projected images. Once we realize where the lint is, we can clear the lens itself. This is the end of suffering, and the beginning of a little joy in paradise."
• "Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already have it—that you are it."
• "You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to to suffer."
• “If I think that someone else is causing my problem, I’m insane.”
• “There is only one problem, ever: your un-investigated story in the moment.”
• “If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.”
• “I don't let go of concepts - I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.”