--- title: "7 Genuine Quotes By Marianne Williamson" description: "7 Genuine quotes by Marianne Williamson. Plus more from Marianne Williamson and more Genuine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/marianne-williamson-90_amends_if-you-did-something-in-1975-that-you-de_228853.jpg" --- > [If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly irresponsible, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/if-you-did-something-in-1975-that-you-deeply-regret-and-that-you-now/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/marianne-williamson-90_amends_if-you-did-something-in-1975-that-you-de_228853.jpg) > [Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/usually-we-try-to-figure-out-what-we-think-would-make-us-happy-and/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/marianne-williamson-90_circumstance_usually-we-try-to-figure-out-what-we-thi_1243473.png) > [Our religious institutions have far too often become handmaidens of the status quo, while the genuine religious experience is anything but that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/our-religious-institutions-have-far-too-often-become-handmaidens-of/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/marianne-williamson-90_birth_our-religious-institutions-have-far-too_1443086.png) > [Once the Western mind was disconnected from its sense of divine responsibility and genuine reverence towards nature, all hell broke loose. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/once-the-western-mind-was-disconnected-from-its-sense-of-divine/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/marianne-williamson-90_broke_once-the-western-mind-was-disconnected-f_1655132.png) > [As difficult as it can be to find genuine inner calm, it is the key to creating peace in the world as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/as-difficult-as-it-can-be-to-find-genuine-inner-calm-it-is-the-key-to/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/marianne-williamson-90_calm_as-difficult-as-it-can-be-to-find-genuin_1829076.jpg) > [Genuine transcendence doesn't just look away from human suffering and say, "I am at peace, so I'm at the mountaintop." Genuine transcendence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/genuine-transcendence-doesn-t-just-look-away-from-human-suffering-and/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/marianne-williamson-90_eye_genuine-transcendence-doesn-t-just-look_2224147.jpg) > [We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-need-less-posturing-and-more-genuine-charisma-charisma-was/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/marianne-williamson-90_charisma_we-need-less-posturing-and-more-genuine_2360393.png) ## Other authors on Genuine ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genuine/marianne-williamson/#itemlist", "name": "7 Genuine Quotes By Marianne Williamson", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly irresponsible, for example, the only way to be lifted out of deep regret and the pain over it is through atonement - through the kind of remorse that leads to genuine atonement, the making of amends, and forgiveness of self and others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marianne Williamson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/if-you-did-something-in-1975-that-you-deeply-regret-and-that-you-now/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/marianne-williamson-90_amends_if-you-did-something-in-1975-that-you-de_228853.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/marianne-williamson-90_amends_if-you-did-something-in-1975-that-you-de_228853.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/marianne-williamson-90_amends_if-you-did-something-in-1975-that-you-de_228853.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly…” — Marianne Williamson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. 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