Marianne Williamson Quotes
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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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When you've written 10 books and have six on the New York Times best-seller list - and four have been No. 1 - I think you have a right to be a member of Congress.
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The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.
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Institutional memory is important in any organization, but so are fresh ideas.
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I have heard it said that living out of our vision is more powerful than living out of our circumstance.
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The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit.
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Often miracles are happening right in front of our eyes, but we think they should look different, so we miss them though they're right there.
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Every moment is an invitation to live out of your weakness or to live out of your strength.
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We were all born carrying a promise -- a promise to make the world better -- and there's a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.
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Forgiveness is key to enchanted love because it is key to living right, period. It is the capacity to see beyond the veil of personality and worldly illusions. No one is perfect or attractive every day. Forgiveness means we are capable of relating to someone on a deeper level than the ordinary self. And that we are committed to doing so no matter what the appearances are, no matter what the situation is.
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To bear witness to all the unnecessary suffering on the planet and make ourselves available to service - whatever that means for each of us. We go deep in our personal relationships in America, but we need to go deep in our public relationships as well.
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I don't like the tendency on the part of so many people today to think that those who don't agree with them are bad. In fact, I find that very dangerous.
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The power of nonviolence is not circumstance-specific. It is as applicable to the problems that confront us now, as to problems that confronted generations in the past. It is not a medicine or a solution so much as a healing process. It is the active spiritual immune system of humanity.
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When we're in our right minds, we are hopeful. Because the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice, nature does bend toward healing, and the heart does bend toward love.
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In pursuing personal growth, there are issues where we can advance just so far by ourselves. At some point, our continued progress and improvement can only come about through relationships with others. Romantic love is an intense and intimate exposure to another person; if we can be who we want to be, even in that context, then our spiritual growth is exponentially expanded.
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If we do not like what we see in the world, we must face what we don't like in ourselves. As we change, the world will change with us.
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Much like a GPS, love re-calibrates itself if you've made a wrong turn.
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When my sister was diagnosed with cancer in 1989, her doctor told her that the cancer had probably been in her system for 10 years. By the time cancer's diagnosed, it's usually been around for quite a while.
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The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
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To me, when I think of New Age, I think of crystals and rainbows and platitudes.
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Only what I'm not giving is what is lacking in any situation.
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Nobody has to tell me about the glories of the capitalist system. But what concerns me is that there no longer seems to be a commitment to make the opportunities afforded by technology and capitalism universally accessible.
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A change of heart leads to change in behavior, and a change in behavior leads to changing the world.
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You are a child of God, small games do not work in this world. For those around us to feel peace, it is not example to make ourselves small. We were born to express the glory of God that lives in us. It is not in some of us, it is in all of us. While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same. When we liberate ourselves from our own fears, simply our presence may liberate others.