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title: "7 Havens Quotes By Marianne Williamson"
description: "7 Havens quotes by Marianne Williamson. Plus more from Marianne Williamson and more Havens sayings from other authors."
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> [I feel that people who haven't read my books and haven't heard me lecture - who don't in fact know what my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-feel-that-people-who-haven-t-read-my-books-and-haven-t-heard-me/)

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

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> [Every time we focus on someone else's darkness, we are blocking our own view of the light. We think the person we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/every-time-we-focus-on-someone-else-s-darkness-we-are-blocking-our/)

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

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> [Once you get to your forties or fifties in this society, very few people haven't had at least one body blow -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/once-you-get-to-your-forties-or-fifties-in-this-society-very-few/)

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

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> [Love can be a huge mountain, a gentle garden, a raging storm, a cool breeze, or a perfect bath. But there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/love-can-be-a-huge-mountain-a-gentle-garden-a-raging-storm-a-cool/)

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

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> [Those among us who have achieved the most have achieved only a fraction of what ALL of us are capable of. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/those-among-us-who-have-achieved-the-most-have-achieved-only-a/)

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

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> [Imagine a temple inside your mind, a haven from the chaos of the world. Visit often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/imagine-a-temple-inside-your-mind-a-haven-from-the-chaos-of-the-world/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/marianne-williamson-90_chaos_imagine-a-temple-inside-your-mind-a-have_2747819.png)

> [Today, the reason we haven't found our grail, the key to who we are as women, is because we look for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/today-the-reason-we-haven-t-found-our-grail-the-key-to-who-we-are-as/)

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

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## Other authors on Havens

## 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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