Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth. – Marianne Williamson
We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves. – Marianne Williamson
The Founders didn’t mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address. – Marianne Williamson
We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right. – Marianne Williamson
Viewing Israelis and Palestinians from a psychological perspective, they would both be seen as victims of abuse; that is how they both understandably feel, and it’s how they both understandably behave. The Jewish psyche is in victimized reaction to the Holocaust, and the Palestinian psyche is in victimized reaction to the Israelis. – Marianne Williamson
The ‘Course in Miracles’ says one day you will realize that death is not the punishment but the reward. And it says that birth is not the beginning of life but a continuation. And physical death is not the end of life but a continuation. – Marianne Williamson
In 2004, Kucinich was the only presidential candidate who warned that a war in Iraq would be completely disastrous. I remember how mocked he was when he predicted hand-to-hand combat in Baghdad. I remember Candy Crowley, and other reporters as well, treating his views on the impending war as ridiculous, out there, almost insane. – Marianne Williamson
Jesus was a human being who, while on Earth, completely self-actualized and fulfilled in all ways the potential glory that lies within us all. – Marianne Williamson
Trying to suppress or eradicate symptoms on the physical level can be extremely important, but there’s more to healing than that; dealing with psychological, emotional and spiritual issues involved in treating sickness is equally important. – Marianne Williamson
Our task, in the aftermath of September 11, was and continues to be the transformation of the effects of evil into something beautiful and good. – Marianne Williamson
Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart. – Marianne Williamson
God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is. – Marianne Williamson
It doesn’t take money to turn off the television and cultivate real bonding time. – Marianne Williamson
The point of Jesus’ existence wasn’t to lessen or diminish our appreciation of each other, but to expand our appreciation of each other by reminding us what lies within all of us, because Jesus was an example of the pinnacle of human evolution. – Marianne Williamson
In the hands of the ego, marriage is a prison. It is exclusive. It is a place where people are constantly reminded of their failures and limited by the energies of another person. It is rife with judgment and blame. – Marianne Williamson
Whether the Sikhs want to worship in Wisconsin or the Christians want to worship in Texas or the Jews want to worship in New York, we’re living under the magnificent umbrella of a Constitution that says we can. – Marianne Williamson
While women were powerfully liberated both externally as well as internally by the feminism of the 1970s, we made some serious mistakes as well. – Marianne Williamson
You get enough people agreeing in consciousness that Mexico is a dangerous place, and that dangerous thought will make it so. – Marianne Williamson
I would never, ever in my life say, ‘I want to go to Washington to heal the soul of Washington.’ – Marianne Williamson
The whole Obama phenomenon brings up memories from my distant past: the good-looking guy who talks real good, whose line you don’t buy immediately but whose charm is so dazzling that he gradually convinces you that this time it will be different. – Marianne Williamson
Physical circumstances have very little to do with either our capacity to love or to attract love. – Marianne Williamson
The new midlife is where you realize that even your failures make you more beautiful and are turned spiritually into success if you became a better person because of them. You became a more humble person. You became a more merciful and compassionate person. – Marianne Williamson
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! – Marianne Williamson
If you’re trained in metaphysics, you don’t see the world as distinct from yourself. You are one with the world. – Marianne Williamson
I think the heartbreak of September 11 – America’s grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence – has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day. – Marianne Williamson
Sometimes a miracle is a change in material conditions, such as physical healing. At other times, it is a psychological or emotional change. – Marianne Williamson