Marianne Williamson Quotes
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I believe the Israelis have been wronged, but they also have a lot to apologize for. And I believe the Palestinians have been wronged, but they have a lot to apologize for, as well.
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When you look at obesity in the United States, clearly it is not a bunch of stupid people. It has nothing to do with intelligence. Sometimes people who are dealing with issues of obesity and compulsive eating know more than I will ever know about nutrition, metabolism, and exercise, because they have studied it. But clearly the real problem, and therefore the real solution, is on another level of consciousness, and that is where the spiritual work comes in.
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The entire political system is contrary to everything a feminine heart stands for. It lacks inclusion. It lacks tenderness toward children. It lacks honor for relationships. It lacks reverence for the earth. It lacks love. And without those things, the feminine psyche disconnects.
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Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close.
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From a pure metaphysical perspective, there is no world outside ourselves. So, at the deepest level, the state of the planet is more a reflection of the consciousness of mankind than the consciousness of mankind is a reflection of world events.
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Actually, who are you not to be?
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All things show up in the world according to the purposes we ascribe to them.
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Life is hard enough, you don't have to embellish the drama!
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Now if you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals.
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We are dominated on this planet by a fear-based rather than a love-based thought system.
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People sometimes see an image and without knowing the surrounding patterns draw false conclusions.
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God isn't a noun but a process...a continual, infinitely creative outpouring of love and light onto all living things.
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If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world.
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Every time we open our hearts, we create the space for a global alternative.
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All manifestation of fear is a reflection of the fact that humanity has forgotten its spiritual identity. In beginning to remember it, we put fear on notice that its days are numbered.
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Religion is like a map. The route isn't important. It's the destination that matters.
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An enchanted love, an awakened love, between two people is a blessing on the entire world.
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Often on a journey of spiritual transformation, that is ultimately what heals the pain: the veil is removed from in front of our own eyes and we see where we had been thinking thoughts that would inevitably lead to pain. Until we change those thoughts, the pain will remain.
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You don't have to be a spiritual seeker, you can be a businessman dealing with the revolution in computers. You could be a congressman, or a scientist. No matter what area of life and endeavor we are in we are seeing the signs of new-paradigm thinking.
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Yes, hardships come. But I see in my life and in the lives of others how often something that does not have to be held as a hardship is dealt with by the mind as though it is.
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Any conversation which does not include the context of the journey of the heart is by definition untrue to who we are as human beings.
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Spiritual growth is like childbirth: you dilate, then you contract, you dilate, then you contract again. as painful as it all feels, it's the necessary rhythm for reaching the ultimate goal of total openness.
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We are here to repair the world. I grew up thinking that was what everybody was trying to do.
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A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is a natural result.