Marianne Williamson Quotes
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God is limitless in His love, and asks that we at least make the effort to be limitless in ours.
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Life is like a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself.
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Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.
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There's a certain je ne sais quoi that Americans have in spades - a we-can-do-anything spirit that makes so many things possible for all of us. We're rugged individualists, aspirational in nature, and we like to think for ourselves.
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The real transformation of the world comes not from what we are doing but from the consciousness from which we are doing it.
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Seek more opportunities to put more love in the world.
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People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I have met many more people who have recognized how vital it is to their healing and to the quality of their life to interpret their experiences differently. That is why some of the people I've met who have life-challenging illnesses are much happier than some people I've known who are physically quite healthy and yet who live lives of greater desperation and depression.
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I don't think pain is a prerequisite for growth, but on the other hand, most of us choose very painful ways to learn.
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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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Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
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There is, inside all our heads, the ego’s rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well. Learning to control that dog, and ultimately to end its life, is the process and purpose of enlightened relationships.
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Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And NEVER do it for the money, Go to work to spread joy.
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Again--nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth.
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We're just afraid, period. Our fear is free-floating. We're afraid this isn't the right relationship or we're afraid it is. We're afraid they won't like us or we're afraid they will. We're afraid of failure or we're afraid of success. We're afraid of dying young or we're afraid of growing old. We're more afraid of life than we are of death.
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It is absolutely a relationship with food that is a displaced relationship with God. And that displaced relationship with God takes two forms: our availability to other people and our availability to our own thoughts and feelings.
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If you're busy regretting the past, then a new future can't come in.
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There is no amount of money, time or energy too great to spend on our children. They are our angels, our future. In failing them, we are failing ourselves.
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In God, there is no lack and no recession.
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Trust is very hard if you don't know what you're trusting.
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No matter what the problem, a miracle can solve it. Remember to ask for one...
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I take very seriously this notion that my highest job is to live a better life, all the time and to the best of my ability. I need to monitor my own progress - take my own inventory - and clean my own closet. I am trying to do all that.
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Since our peace lies in loving as God loves, we must strive to love everyone. The only love that completes us is the love of God, and the love of God is the love of everyone.
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To trust in the force that moves the universe is faith. Faith isn't blind, it's visionary.
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I'm always honored to be speaking alongside Deepak Chopra.