Byron Katie Quotes

I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

Getting to know myself changed everything. It's the best thing I've ever done.

We can’t change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.

There are any number of conditions as to why your life didn't turn out the way you intended it to. My whole philosophy has always been that there is no way to change anything else in the world if you don't have the capacity to change yourself.

...Stop blaming me, thinking I'm the problem. If you think I'm the problem, then you have to change me. If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it's easier to change yourself than everyone else.

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.

To change what you get you must change who you are.

Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only change yourself.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.