Marianne Williamson

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
― Marianne Williamson

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

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
― Marianne Williamson

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. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong."
― Marianne Williamson

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
― Marianne Williamson

It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
― Marianne Williamson