Marianne Williamson Quotes
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Many times in life, we say we want change but are then terrified when the opportunity for it arrives.
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To me, when I think of New Age, I think of crystals and rainbows and platitudes.
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I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be.
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Gay men in a very real way created my career.
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Whatever we put out, it's coming back to us. The universe keeps a perfect set of books.
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A hero is someone who stands in the community and speaks their hopes and speaks their passion. That's almost an act of heroism nowadays because higher consciousness is so trivialized.
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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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Our challenge is to not look away, but rather to transform the field; to create a new political conversation, our own conversation, out of which we can speak our truth in our own way.
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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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Forgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.
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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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The world as it is perceived by most people, is a world of finite resources.
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Christ is born into the world through each of us.
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Every relationship is a gift exchange.
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The universe is wired to give us what we need, yet we have to show up for the experience of life with a positive attitude in order to experience its gifts.
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America won't be saved because one or 10 people stand up. It will be saved because millions of us stand up.
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The miracle often lies outside our comfort zone.
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The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I think is a lovely thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
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I feel that as women we've allowed ourselves to be deluded by certain ideas that hold us back, such as the over-glorification of masculine consciousness.
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The entire world would feel the vibration if America returned to its heart.
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Things don't spiral out of control when we surrender them; they spiral out of control when we try to control them!
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God would have us move to the highest level of our nature, and that means that we need to understand that our capacity to deal with the spirit-the darkness of the spirit with the light of the spirit as our greatest power.
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The teenager begins to realize he or she really does want to be part of a community, really does want to have good relationships with others, really does want to create something truly good with his or her life. The teenager comes to understand just being smart and just being privileged are not enough.
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Only what I'm not giving is what is lacking in any situation.