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When we work with our thinking, then to have great wealth is the same as to have nothing. That's the only freedom.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Freedom
Nothing
Great
Work
Thinking
Wealth

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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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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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Your understanding of another person is limited by what you think you already know. So when you just listen, the person you meet won't match your preconception. The exciting thing is that you usually meet someone much wiser and kinder than you expected. You might also lose track of your ideas about who you are.
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