Marianne Williamson Quotes
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As we mature through the years, we access more deeply information we had only abstractly understood before.
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If we never take a risk, we'll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.
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There is a dichotomy between people who feel economic principles should order human civilization and people who believe humanitarian principles should order human civilization. That essential disagreement is underlying practically all our world drama.
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Actually, who are you not to be?
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To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
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People don't live in Los Angeles because we are tied to the same old, same old. We live in Los Angeles because of the intoxicating energy of new beginnings that permeate our city.
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The more you drop into your heart, the more God can drop into your mind.
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You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
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In any moment, in any circumstance, a miracle will occur when we align ourselves with truth.
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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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There is nothing that a military machine can do to work a miracle.
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Sex is not the ultimate high, but the ultimate high hangs out around sex. The ultimate high is the dance with another person, played so deep down and with such abandon that glee returns to grown-ups.
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When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. As you think of him, you will think of yourself. Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.
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The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.
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The only thing missing in any situation is that in which you are not giving.
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How we sit within the body is an extremely important part of the spiritual journey. The body itself is used either by the spirit within us, or by the fear-based mind. When it is used by the spirit, then it is a thing of holiness. How we dwell within it, how we treat it, and how we use it in relationship to other aspects of the planet is extremely important. When we use the body without reverence, we are destructive elements on the planet. We become destructive to ourselves, to other life forms, and to the earth.
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Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair.
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People who attend support groups who have been diagnosed with a life-challenging illness live on average twice as long after diagnosis as people who don't.
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Our thoughts about the future go far toward creating it; our minds and hears are like filaments taht connect today to tomorrow, they are conduits for either the status quo or the emergence of different, hopefully more loving, possibilities. How we think and how we behave determine where we are going.
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A real leader is not the top dog who merely shouts down orders. a leader is one who holds the space for the brilliance of others.
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God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is.
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Every ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again. (Page 120.)
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Our deepest human need is not material at all. Our deepest need is to be seen.
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Any situation that pushes our buttons is a situation where we don't yet have the capacity to be unconditionally loving.