Stories Quotations | Page 7

There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you.

It's only our story that keeps us from knowing that we always have everything we need.

You are what exists before all stories.

Who would you be without your story?

When you’re focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather than by your attachment to the story you’re believing in the moment, then you are your own victim, and the situation appears to be hopeless.

Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.

Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future

The Work always leaves you with less of a story. Who would you be without your story? You never know until you inquire. There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you. Turn it around; undo it. You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood.

No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.

…everything has a narrative, really, and if you can’t understand a story and relate to it, figure out how you fit inside it, you’re not really alive at all.