Anytime you try to be a loving person, you’re doing your part to save the world. – Marianne Williamson
We’re often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes. – Marianne Williamson
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. – Marianne Williamson
We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? – Marianne Williamson
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. ‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit. – Marianne Williamson
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. – Marianne Williamson
I can’t say that there are ‘things’ that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive. – Marianne Williamson
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. – Marianne Williamson
When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal. – Marianne Williamson
When my sister was diagnosed with cancer in 1989, her doctor told her that the cancer had probably been in her system for 10 years. By the time cancer’s diagnosed, it’s usually been around for quite a while. – Marianne Williamson
Many times in life, we say we want change but are then terrified when the opportunity for it arrives. – Marianne Williamson
While overeating would be seen by some as an indulgence of self, it is in fact a profound rejection of self. It is a moment of self-betrayal and self-punishment, and anything but a commitment to one’s own well-being. – Marianne Williamson
We have allowed an unholy alliance of government – the new monarchy – and corporate influence – the new aristocracy – to take control of events in a way that would have made our Founders shudder. – Marianne Williamson
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. – Marianne Williamson
Many people are despairing of the possibility of finding love. And some of the people who are despairing the most are in their thirties and forties and looking just great. – Marianne Williamson
Marriage can be a magnificent lesson in becoming our best selves; that is true. – Marianne Williamson
An educated child earns more later in life, knows how to keep their own children from dying, produces more food, is less likely to get AIDS, and in the case of boys, is less likely to engage in armed civil conflict. – Marianne Williamson
If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you. – Marianne Williamson
There’s no reason to think that you’ll be capable of loyalty to a diet until you address your basic disloyalty toward yourself. – Marianne Williamson
An enchanted love, an awakened love, between two people is a blessing on the entire world. – Marianne Williamson
Only do what you feel called in your heart to do, and then give all of yourself to the task. – Marianne Williamson
The ego mind both professes its desire for love and does everything possible to repel it, or if it gets here anyway, to sabotage it. That is why dealing with issues like control, anger, and neediness is the most important work in preparing ourselves for love. – Marianne Williamson
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle. – Marianne Williamson