Byron Katie Quotes

The best happiness will be to escape the worst misery.

I will always try to be happy. I don’t think people really understand the value of happiness until they know what it’s like to be in that very, very dark place. It’s not romantic. Not even a little.

Once I wanted total happiness - now I will settle for a little less pain.

I don't necessarily buy any key to the future of happiness, but I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die.

I don't ever feel the need to escape.

It is not a sin to be happy, it is not a virtue to be miserable.

You've got to feel better and then things get better.

Sometimes, when I talk to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer or some other illness, I'll remind them: "If you were honest with yourself, you were depressed before this happened. And if this were over you would be happy for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, and then something else would come along."

I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.

Come now, don't make such a funeral face. It isn't dying that's sad; it's living when you're not happy.

Every morning when we wake up we've been given a wonderful gift-another day of life-so let's make the most of it. No one can do it for us. . . . Genuine happiness can only be realized once we commit to making it a personal priority in our lives. This may be a new behavior for some of us and a bit intimidating. Be gentle with yourself. It will all unfold. Like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.

And when I raised myself to look at the man who'd spoken, I had a feeling of leaving my misery behind me there on the stone wall.

Happiness, remarked Maury Noble one day, is only the first hour after the alleviation of some especially intense misery.

A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.

I can express gratitude for the simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from darkness and depression to light and hope. I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be. I am me, the true me; you are you, the true you - and that's good. That's beautiful. That's enough.

A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.

Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.

Happiness is threatening and misery is safe - safe for the ego. Ego can exist only in misery and through misery. Ego is an island surrounded by hell; happiness is threatening to the ego, to the very existence of the ego. Happiness rises like a sun and the ego disappears, evaporates like a dewdrop on the grass leaf.

It's easy to be miserable. Being happy is tougher - and cooler.

I'm alive, happier than I've ever been, and I'm doing exactly what I want.

Life can be pleasant or miserable. To lead a fruitful life, and to make it positive, practice analytical meditation.

You must not allow yourselves to become discouraged. Missionary work brings joy, optimism, and happiness. Don't give Satan an opportunity to discourage you. Here again, work is the answer. The Lord has given us a key by which we can overcome discouragement: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart.

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.