Marianne Williamson Quotes
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We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
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A certain desperation is usually necessary before we're ready for God... Until your knees finally hit the floor, you're just playing at life, and on some level you're scared because you know you're just playing. The moment of surrender is not when life is over. It's when it begins.
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We have the same soul at 60 that we had at 40, and the same soul at 25 that we had when we were 5.
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When we stay close to the wisdom of our knowing, seeking solutions to our problems in the sanctuary of the heart and not in the vanity of the mind, then we can pretty much trust in the unfolding, mysterious wisdom of life.
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I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.
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Sometimes when everything has totally apart, the meaningless preoccupations that so often dominate our lives simply fall away. And what is left is who we really are, and who we really are is compassionate and intelligent and wise.
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There is a trend in child-rearing that I find abhorrent: "Whatever the kids want to do is fine." For me, the classic example of this is when someone has a visitor and says, "Go kiss Aunt Gertrude," and Aunt Gertrude says, "She doesn't have to kiss me if she doesn't want to." Well, I think that's wrong.
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Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.
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When we pray for God to illumine our path, we are saying, ‘Dear God, please show me the way. What thoughts do I need to think, to be able to navigate my life at this point? What perceptions do I need; what insights will guide me? Who do I need to forgive? What parts of my personality do I need to look at; what changes do I need to make? Please come upon me and heal my life. Amen.
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No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness.
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By my mid-20s, I was a total mess.
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Whenever we feel lost, or insane, or afraid, all we have to do is ask for His help. The help might not come in the form we expected, or even thought we desired, but it will come, and we will recognize it by how we feel. In spite of everything, we will feel at peace.
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Society never progresses because the majority one day wakes up and says, "Let's do things differently." The majority didn't wake up and say, "Oh, let's just free the slaves." Society always progressed because a relatively small group of people usually considered outrageous radicals by the status quo of their time had a better idea and articulated another way. That's simply how evolution works; it's the mutation. The member of the species who does things differently - that points the way to the future because they're better adapted for survival.
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Our barriers to love are rarely consciously chosen. They are our efforts to protect the places where the heart is bruised.
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Spiritual 'exercise' keeps your mind in shape the way physical exercise keeps your body in shape.
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There is within each of us the possibility of magnificence. Every moment is an opportunity to make it manifest. Let the spirit awaken you to a miraculous life.
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I really got into Osho's books. I have always loved his books. They were top notch.
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The opportunities for infinite possibility exist no matter what age we are.
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You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think.
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People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food.
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The beauty of personal authenticity can compensate for the lost beauty of our youth.
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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.
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I think that every moment you succumb to cynicism, you're taking energy away from change.
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Whatever worked in the past, build on it; whatever didn't work in the past, break the chain that binds you to it.