Byron Katie
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
1942-present • American
Non-Dual / AdvaitaPerennial Philosophy
American speaker and author who developed 'The Work' - four questions for investigating stressful thoughts.
Key Works
- Loving What Is
- A Thousand Names for Joy
- Talks
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Quotes by Byron Katie
104 quotes“There are three kinds of business: mine, yours, and God's. Mind only your own.”
boundariesLoving What Is
“Stay in your own business and watch your suffering disappear.”
boundariesLoving What Is
“Stress is an alarm system letting you know you are believing a lie.”
stressLoving What Is
“Peace is the freedom from your own internal war.”
peaceLoving What Is
“A teacher of fear cannot bring peace.”
teacherLoving What Is
“There is nothing to fear in your own mind once you have questioned it.”
inquiryLoving What Is
“Love is the experience of no separation.”
loveLoving What Is
“My favorite thing about reality is that it is exactly the way it is.”
acceptanceA Thousand Names for Joy
“Suffering is the alarm. Awareness is the response.”
awarenessLoving What Is
“All anyone wants is love.”
loveLoving What Is
“Anger is the result of believing a lie.”
angerLoving What Is
“Love is who you are when you are not believing your own stories.”
loveLoving What Is
“The Work doesn't tell you what to think. It gives you the tools to discover.”
the-workLoving What Is
“It's the story we tell about reality that hurts.”
storyLoving What Is
“Reality is the only truth.”
realityLoving What Is
“You can't get away from yourself.”
selfLoving What Is
“A painful belief is just a thought you believe.”
beliefLoving What Is
“There is no way to change yourself. There is only awareness.”
awarenessLoving What Is
“Doing The Work is meditating with your eyes open.”
the-workA Mind at Home with Itself
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