Marianne Williamson
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
Empires always have the hubris to think they are indestructible, when in fact they are always unsustainable.
Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.
In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.
The present moment, if you think about it, is the only time there is. No matter what time it is, it is always now.
We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.
Everything we do is infused with the energy in which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we are peaceful, life will be peaceful.
The Law of Divine Compensation posits that this is a self-organizing and self-correcting universe: the embryo becomes a baby, the bud becomes a blossom, the acorn becomes an oak tree. Clearly, there is some invisible force that is moving every aspect of reality to its next best expression.
We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love and success and abundance, but we never quite forget that there is always lurking the possibility of disaster.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?
The speed of change today is faster than the human psyche seems able to handle, and it's increasingly difficult to reconcile the rhythms of our personal lives with the rapidity of a twenty-four-hour news cycle.
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.
Old Newtonian physics claimed that things have an objective reality separate from our perception of them. Quantum physics, and particularly Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, reveal that, as our perception of an object changes, the object itself literally changes.
An enchanted love, an awakened love, between two people is a blessing on the entire world.
Anyone seeking a real solution in Israel and Palestine rejects the us-versus-them mentality entirely.
We are graced with a greater capacity for direct contact with our own higher power than most of us are in the habit of using.
I have no doubt that the lies Trump told on the campaign trail will come crashing back at him in karmic retribution.
Each of us has an inner room where we can visit to be cleansed of fear-based thoughts and feelings. This room, the holy of holies, is a sanctuary of light.
Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.
The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.
Old systems do not fold willingly, particularly when they control gargantuan amounts of wealth and power. But like empires of old - from the Romans to the Hapsburgs to the colonial British - even the largest do fall.
Use each interaction to be the best, most powerful version of yourself.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Martin Luther King said it was time to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of human civilization. I don't think anyone is calling Martin Luther King a New Age woo-woo.
Institutional memory is important in any organization, but so are fresh ideas.
God is limitless in His love, and asks that we at least make the effort to be limitless in ours.
Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. I honor my grief.
The number one root of all illness, as we know, is stress.
In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war.
The press creates a caricature.
In the East, the guru never calls himself a guru.
I'm always honored to be speaking alongside Deepak Chopra.
Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.
The basic premise of 'A Course in Miracles' is that it teaches us to relinquish thoughts based on fear and to accept instead thoughts based on love.
I went into therapy several times, but it rarely made an impact.
By my mid-20s, I was a total mess.
'Accepting the Christ' is merely a shift in self-perception.
Today's average American is more apt to rebel against a tennis shoe not coming in the right color than against the slow erosion of our democratic freedom.
Today, most Americans are too cynical, or tired, or both, to even approximate our Founders' courageous repudiation of injustice.
I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.
Movies can be instruments of enlightenment.
I know I'm not a great writer. I'm an extremely gifted oral communicator, but when it comes to writing, I'm just a beginner.
People who attend support groups who have been diagnosed with a life-challenging illness live on average twice as long after diagnosis as people who don't.
Spirit is impervious to illness.
The AIDS virus is not more powerful than God.
I have a gruff side. This is not exactly news... At the same time, anyone who wants to judge me for this can walk a mile in my moccasins. And then we'll talk.
Priests, ministers and rabbis are asking where the children are going. Slowly but surely, they're seeing that people are hungry for something beyond the doctrine. It isn't that they don't want religious truth. But they want the mystical core, the heart of the religious truth.