Marianne Williamson Quotes
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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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If you went to live in the Himalayas and everyone was lovely there, I'm sure it would be fairly easy to be a spiritual master.
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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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Whatever we put out, it's coming back to us. The universe keeps a perfect set of books.
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I don't believe the United States is going through a midlife crisis. The United States is going through an adolescent crisis.
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Nature is infinitely creative. It is always producing the possibility of new beginnings.
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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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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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Achievement doesn't come from what we do, but from who we are. Our worldly power results from our personal power. Our career is an extension of our personality.
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When we surrender to God, we let go of our attachment to how things happen on the outside, and we become more concerned with what happens on the inside.
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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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Much like a GPS, love re-calibrates itself if you've made a wrong turn.
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I think the violence in the world right now is being reflected inside people. And I also believe the violence inside people is being reflected in the world.
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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 world as it is perceived by most people, is a world of finite resources.
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Sometimes you are lifted up to the mountaintop as a gift from the universe, so you can see what is possible. Then you are put down back at the bottom: Now you have to earn it for yourself.
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In Taoist philosophy, 'yin' is the feminine principle, representing the forces of earth, while 'yang' is the masculine principle, representing spirit.
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The body IS a miracle, after all.
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Our prayer is not simply, ‘Dear God, please send me a better job,’ but, ‘Dear God, enable me to see this situation differently, that this area of apparent lack might be healed inside my mind.
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The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.
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If you have a longing in your heart to hear a deeper truth, there's a mysterious way in which that truth will find you.
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The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
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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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There's no reason to think that you'll be capable of loyalty to a diet until you address your basic disloyalty toward yourself.