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title: "7 Collectives Quotes By Marianne Williamson"
description: "7 Collectives quotes by Marianne Williamson. Plus more from Marianne Williamson and more Collectives sayings from other authors."
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> [There's a collective knowing that a dimension of reality exists beyond the material plane, and that sense of knowing is causing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/there-s-a-collective-knowing-that-a-dimension-of-reality-exists/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [I’m haunted sometimes by the thought, what if we lived from that place all the time? What if we went there without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-m-haunted-sometimes-by-the-thought-what-if-we-lived-from-that-place/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/something-very-beautiful-happens-to-people-when-their-world-has-2/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [There is a collective force rising up on the earth today, an energy of the reborn feminine... This is a time of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/there-is-a-collective-force-rising-up-on-the-earth-today-an-energy-of/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [Given how deeply the ways of war have penetrated our collective consciousness, it will take spiritual power to turn the issue around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/given-how-deeply-the-ways-of-war-have-penetrated-our-collective/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [Healing works through a kind of detox: things have got to come up in order to be released. That is true of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/healing-works-through-a-kind-of-detox-things-have-got-to-come-up-in/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [There is a lot of sixties-bashing going on these days that I don't agree with at all. I feel that extremely important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/there-is-a-lot-of-sixties-bashing-going-on-these-days-that-i-don-t/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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## Other authors on Collectives

## More by Marianne Williamson

> [The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-goal-of-spiritual-practice-is-full-recovery-and-the-only-thing/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [I can't say that there are 'things' that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-can-t-say-that-there-are-things-that-make-me-come-alive-there-are/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-reason-so-many-of-us-are-obsessed-with-becoming-stars-is-because/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/great-people-are-not-people-who-have-never-fallen-down-greatness-has/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [I feel that if your soul was branded by the sixties, you never lost the brand. It's like going into a nightclub and having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-feel-that-if-your-soul-was-branded-by-the-sixties-you-never-lost/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/until-we-have-met-the-monsters-in-ourselves-we-keep-trying-to-slay/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/no-matter-how-sad-we-might-be-the-universe-is-still-planning-our/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/love-is-who-we-are-and-when-we-deviate-from-that-love-we-re-deviating/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/for-many-many-people-getting-married-is-one-of-the-most-important/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/as-all-of-us-are-only-too-aware-the-loud-and-frantic-voices-of-the/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/it-is-not-too-late-you-are-not-too-old-you-are-right-on-time-and-you/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [I tell my mother I went to God in spite of my religious education. I feel that my religious education was inadequate, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-tell-my-mother-i-went-to-god-in-spite-of-my-religious-education-i/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [You don't have to be a spiritual seeker, you can be a businessman dealing with the revolution in computers. You could be a congressman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/you-don-t-have-to-be-a-spiritual-seeker-you-can-be-a-businessman/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/dear-god-i-surrender-this-thought-to-you-for-i-would-see-the-miracle/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

> [Sex is not the ultimate high, but the ultimate high hangs out around sex. The ultimate high is the dance with another person, played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/sex-is-not-the-ultimate-high-but-the-ultimate-high-hangs-out-around/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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