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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.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
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Breckenridge
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Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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There's no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.
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A dishonest yes is a no to yourself.
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I love being free enough that I can be so intimate with people, and that people are free enough that we can all be intimate with each other!
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The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it.
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Joy is a natural way of being.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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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.
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When you act like a teacher, it's usually because you're afraid to be the student.
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The voice within is what I'm married to. All marriage is a metaphor for that marriage. My lover is the place inside me where an honest yes and no come from. That's my true partner. It's always there. And to tell you yes when my integrity says no is to divorce that partner.
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You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.
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If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind's every waking moment will be plotting those things. That's how it stays identified - as a body, as a you.
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If you want reality to be different than it is, you might as well try to teach a cat to bark.
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An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.
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Clarity moves much more efficiently than violence or stress.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying!
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It's not your job to like me - it's mine
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