Marianne Williamson Quotes
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I trust life not because I trust the world, but because I trust the God who lives in my heart.
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Humanity's mission is to find a peace that lies beyond the veil - a peace that is not of this world. The peace that is not of this world is not dependent on human circumstances.
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Politics is in a crisis because it's separated from our deep humanity.
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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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Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
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The places in our personality where we tend to deviate from love are not out faults, but our wounds. God doesn't want to punish us, but to heal us. And that is how He wishes us to view the wounds in other people.
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Attack thoughts towards others are attack thoughts towards ourselves.
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No one is longing to meet a desperate needy, angry, withholding, controlling person. If your beloved is out there they can't pick up your signals if you're dwelling in those spaces within yourself.
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We are likely to feel better when we go to bed tonight if we have an internal sense that we spent our lives meaningfully today.
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The highest level of creativity consists in being, not doing.
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The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best that is in us. It is only through our own personal awakening that the world can be awakened. We cannot give what we do not have.
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Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
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May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
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The difference between magic and miracles is this. Magic is when you use your mind to tell the Universe what you want. Miracles is when you ask the Universe what it wants and how you can serve it'.
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As we awaken individually, we will act more powerfully collectively.
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I do think that every generation has its unique story.
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My biggest sorrow, when looking back on my youth, is how much of it I somehow missed. Now, looking at my life today, I don't want to make the same mistake. I don't want to miss this. As Bonnie Raitt sang like she was singing it for all of us, "Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste."
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We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs.
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If I just want to 'start a conversation,' I don't need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could be argued that many people are more open to hearing you if you're not running for office.
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Our problem is not that we don't have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.
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We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives.
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When a woman falls in love with the magnificent possibilities within herself, the forces that would limit those possibilities hold less and less sway over her.
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The world loves us when we choose to love the world.
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I believe the universe presents more options to a more loving mind.