Marianne Williamson Quotes
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The world we knew as children is still buried within our minds. Our childlike self is the deepest level of our being. It is who we really are, and what is real doesn't go away.
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The spiritual commitment is to make every situation an object of devotional connection.
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In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
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I am a student of universal spiritual principles, and I read theology and spiritual writings, so my grasp of basic spiritual principles is fairly good.
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No matter what I go through today, I need not fear. For God is all-powerful and God is here. I am never separate from the One who created me. There is nothing I can do to make Him turn his face away from me. I am loved, I am cared for, and I am totally safe in the arms of God.
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I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle.
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Spiritual principles do not change, but we do.
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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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If your eyes were open to all the beauty in the world, you would be overwhelmed with joy.
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I have known healthy, wealthy people who were depressed, and people with critical illnesses who could honestly attest to joy.
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Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.
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The same group of New York pseudo-intellectuals who've put down prayer are the same ones who put down L.A.
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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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It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know.
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The primary social contract between the people of the United States and their government - quaint though it might seem to even mention it at this point - is that ours is to be a government 'of the people, by the people, for the people.'
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Women will not be free until we can speak our minds and our hearts without having to worry that men will crucify us, women will crucify us, the press will crucify us, or our children will be ashamed... Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we feel we have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.
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Sometimes when we don't know the answer, it's time to simply be with the question.
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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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I don't think that my twenties were any more dramatic than those of most people I know. I was never that bad and I never became that good.
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Given how deeply the ways of war have penetrated our collective consciousness, it will take spiritual power to turn the issue around.
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You've committed no sins, just mistakes.
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There is simply too much unnecessary suffering in our world. And we should see that as a national security risk, by the way. Given enough time, desperate people will tend to do desperate things. At a certain point you won't be able to build enough prisons or enough bombs to eradicate the effects of all that violence inside so many hearts.
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Environmentally, the planet will not sustain the kind of abuse it receives at our hands.
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Gender or skin color does not of itself determine the nature of a person's thinking.