Quotes by Marianne Williamson

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.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

— Marianne Williamson

Courage

Relationships are eternal. The 'separation' is another chapter in the relationship. Often, letting go of the old form of the relationship becomes a lesson in pure love much deeper than any would have learned had the couple stayed together.

— Marianne Williamson

Love

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

Love

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

Success

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.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

Nature is infinitely creative. It is always producing the possibility of new beginnings.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

Ironically, it is when we identify with our spirits rather than our bodies that we are most powerful on the material plane. Our overidentification with the world does not give us power within the world so much as it diminishes our power here. It makes us frightened and nervous and full of anxiety.

— Marianne Williamson

Life

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.

— Marianne Williamson

Love

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.

— Marianne Williamson

Courage

We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.

— Marianne Williamson

Love

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.

— Marianne Williamson

Life

As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.

— Marianne Williamson

Life

The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

— Marianne Williamson

Happiness

In every advanced mammalian species that survives and thrives, a common anthropological characteristic is the fierce behavior of the adult female of the species when she senses a threat to her cubs. The lioness, the tigress and the mama bear are all examples.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

— Marianne Williamson

Success

Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.

— Marianne Williamson

Life

One day I looked at something in myself that I had been avoiding because it was too painful. Yet once I did, I had an unexpected surprise. Rather than self-hatred, I was flooded with compassion for myself because I realized the pain necessary to develop that coping mechanism to begin with.

— Marianne Williamson

Wisdom