Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They're not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth.
Byron KatieEveryone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.
Byron KatieIf I think the environment in the world needs to be cleaned up, let me clean up my own environment. Let me clean up the environment in my head - let me work with that pollution and that ecosystem.
Byron KatieA thought is harmless unless we believe it. Itโs not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that itโs true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that weโve been attaching to, often for years.
Byron KatieI have a list of universal beliefs, and they are amazing beliefs, like, "No one cares" or "You don't care about me"; "I should be successful" or "I'm not successful"; "I don't have enough money"; "I'm too tall or thin or fat"; "I shouldn't have done it" - oh, my goodness, they go on and on and on.
Byron Katie