Marianne Williamson Quotes
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We cannot give what we do not have: We cannot bring peace to the world if we ourselves are not peaceful. We cannot bring love to the world if we ourselves are not loving. Our true gift to ourselves and others lies not in what we have but in who we are.
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To me, hope is a moral imperative. I have hope and faith in forces unseen.
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Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.
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In the hands of the ego, marriage is a prison. It is exclusive. It is a place where people are constantly reminded of their failures and limited by the energies of another person. It is rife with judgment and blame.
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My story has been the story of my generation.
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The problem with most intimate relationships is that they are not romantic. They do not involve a deeper knowing, and thus there is diminished possibility of sacred, transformative sharing.
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Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
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The love that saves us is not a love that might come to us in the future, but rather the love we can give to whomever is around us right now.
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We resist Joy on this planet more than we resist war.
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Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings.
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The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
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You can live constrained within the confines of a solely material perspective, or choose instead the infinite field of quantum possibility.
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Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
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Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force.
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Love is a hero’s journey, and the hero’s journey is a noble but difficult path.
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Any time we read a newspaper or take any look at the world around us, we are aware of the cruelty and violence that dominates our world.
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A threat to our freedom is a threat to our freedom, whether from a terrorist or from a trade deal.
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Love floods our nervous system with positive energy, making us far more attractive to prospective employers, clients, and creative partners... Love leads us to act with impeccability, integrity, and excellence... Those things are the opposite of a poverty consciousness; they're the stuff of spiritual wealth creation.
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The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.
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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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Life as we knew it is passing away, and something new is emerging to take its place, The Gift of Change: Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life.
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Jesus is a personal symbol of the Holy Spirit. Having been totally healed by the Holy Spirit, Jesus became one with him. Every thought, action, and deed of Jesus was guided by the Holy Spirit instead of ego.
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The enlightened world will be one in which everyone is in love with everyone all the time. We will see each other as God created us: as the perfect, loving, and lovable people we really are. The purpose of romantic love is to jump-start our enlightenment.
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We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.