Marianne Williamson Quotes
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Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
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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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A primary goal of the spiritual life is to learn to quiet the mind through prayer and meditation, through spiritual practice, so that we can hear what in both Judaism and Christianity, is called the small, still voice within.
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Nothing is so dangerous for our security as large groups of desperate people.
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The miracle often lies outside our comfort zone.
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Sometimes the purpose of a day is to merely feel our sadness, knowing that as we do, we allow whole layers of grief, like old skin cells to drop off us.
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Forgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.
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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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We need adventure, we need meaning, we need identity. We need love. Someone who has seen us through loving eyes has awakened us from the ranks of the formerly dead. Most people bear the terminal stress of walking the world unseen, a mere number or cog in a lifeless machine.
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During times of challenge, what you have faith in is what determines what the challenge will turn into. Have faith in the reality of the challenge, and it will birth more challenges. Have faith in the reality of miracles, and the challenge will transform into something else.
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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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Because our consciousness is tied to the physical manifestation of reality, we are tied to the belief in separation.
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The universe is conspiring at this moment to bring you happiness and peace.
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Our problem isn't that the universe isn't on our side; the problem is that too many of us numb these days, not awake to the game, or to the power of the universe that flows through our psychic veins. Some of us need to stop whining. It's not like we're the first generation who faced serious challenges. But others rose to the occasion, and we need to too.
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God is limitless in His love, and asks that we at least make the effort to be limitless in ours.
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We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry out in pain, pretending we are singing.
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Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who came before and those who will come after.
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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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You're not to wallow, but if you don't process your regrets, then they remain emotional underground toxins.
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Look at Fukushima. Should we or should we not agree with the U.S. government that none of that radioactive energy is making its way here? Hello!
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The entire world would feel the vibration if America returned to its heart.
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The undue influence of money on our politics is like a cancer underlying other cancers, the issue underlying all other issues.
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In 'Healing the Soul of America,' I wrote about Gandhi's notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth.
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The fact that people in Hollywood are open to what I teach is not because they're more desperate than anyone else, but because they're more touched by it. That's not their weakness. It's their strength!