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title: "38 Pain Quotes By Marianne Williamson"
description: "Pain quotes by Marianne Williamson explore how confronting hurt, prayer, and surrender can ease suffering."
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> [You don't want to try to protect yourself from the pain of a crisis. You want to learn everything you can from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/you-don-t-want-to-try-to-protect-yourself-from-the-pain-of-a-crisis/)

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

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> [To look to God is to look to the realm of consciousness that can deliver us from the pain of living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/to-look-to-god-is-to-look-to-the-realm-of-consciousness-that-can/)

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

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> [The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-pain-itself-is-a-product-or-a-reflection-of-how-i-am-interpreting/)

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

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> [In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/in-every-heart-there-is-an-inner-room-where-we-can-hold-our-greatest/)

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

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> [I don't think pain is a prerequisite for growth, but on the other hand, most of us choose very painful ways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-don-t-think-pain-is-a-prerequisite-for-growth-but-on-the-other-hand/)

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

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> [When the heart is pierced, there is pain, yes, but also an invitation to a greater becoming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/when-the-heart-is-pierced-there-is-pain-yes-but-also-an-invitation-to/)

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

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> [Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/some-pain-is-simply-the-normal-grief-of-human-existence-that-is-pain/)

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

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> [Choosing joy involves spiritual surrender, and sometimes we would rather hold on to the pain than surrender our egos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/choosing-joy-involves-spiritual-surrender-and-sometimes-we-would/)

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

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> [We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-live-in-a-world-of-constant-juxtaposition-between-joy-that-s/)

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

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> [After decades of declining influence on the affairs of the world, there is once again a widespread consideration of spritual principles as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/after-decades-of-declining-influence-on-the-affairs-of-the-world/)

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

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> [No conventional therapy can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/no-conventional-therapy-can-release-us-from-a-deep-and-abiding/)

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

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> [If I'm honest with myself, I think it's probably true I have learned more in my life through pain than through joy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/if-i-m-honest-with-myself-i-think-it-s-probably-true-i-have-learned/)

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

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> [What the ego doesn't want us to see is that our pain doesn't come from the love we weren't given in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/what-the-ego-doesn-t-want-us-to-see-is-that-our-pain-doesn-t-come/)

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

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> [Think of one person who you are tempted for any reason to withhold love from, and pray for their happiness. In that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/think-of-one-person-who-you-are-tempted-for-any-reason-to-withhold/)

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

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> [Often on a journey of spiritual transformation, that is ultimately what heals the pain: the veil is removed from in front of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/often-on-a-journey-of-spiritual-transformation-that-is-ultimately/)

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

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> [We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-cannot-get-to-our-knowledge-because-the-world-is-too-loud-and-we/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of your former…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/allowing-the-pain-of-personal-growth-to-be-a-crucible-of-your-spirit/)

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

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> [Chaos often fosters the greatest creativity. Breakdowns often precede the greatest breakthroughs. And when the pain is greatest is often when we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/chaos-often-fosters-the-greatest-creativity-breakdowns-often-precede/)

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

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> [World conditions challenge us to look beyond the status quo for responses to the pain of our times. We look to powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/world-conditions-challenge-us-to-look-beyond-the-status-quo-for/)

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

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> [I surrender it to God, knowing that the pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-surrender-it-to-god-knowing-that-the-pain-itself-is-a-product-or-a/)

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

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> [Our greatest hope is for the experience of joy, and often we are not as smart as we think we are when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/our-greatest-hope-is-for-the-experience-of-joy-and-often-we-are-not/)

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

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> [One day I looked at something in myself that I had been avoiding because it was too painful. Yet once I did,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/one-day-i-looked-at-something-in-myself-that-i-had-been-avoiding/)

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

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> [We give up what we want to give up and keep what in some way we still want to keep. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-give-up-what-we-want-to-give-up-and-keep-what-in-some-way-we-still/)

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

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> [“It’s nothing more than a mental habit to idealize another time, another condition, another reality. It is simply a way to avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/it-s-nothing-more-than-a-mental-habit-to-idealize-another-time/)

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

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> [Pleasure can be used to enslave a people just as effectively as pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/pleasure-can-be-used-to-enslave-a-people-just-as-effectively-as-pain/)

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

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> [We shouldn’t come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-shouldn-t-come-up-with-a-pseudo-spiritual-excuse-for-turning-away/)

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

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> [Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. I honor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/some-pain-is-simply-the-normal-grief-of-human-existence-that-is-pain-2/)

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

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> [It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/it-takes-courage-to-endure-the-sharp-pains-of-self-discovery-rather/)

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

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> [Yes, whatever happened, happened; but what happens now is up to you. You can respond from ego, ensuring pain, or you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/yes-whatever-happened-happened-but-what-happens-now-is-up-to-you-you/)

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

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> [Spiritual Work is not easy. It means the willingness to surrender feelings that seem, while we're in them, like our defense against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/spiritual-work-is-not-easy-it-means-the-willingness-to-surrender/)

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

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> [“It’s like avoidance behavior in therapy—wanting to share the gossip but not wanting to deal with the real, more painful issues. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/it-s-like-avoidance-behavior-in-therapy-wanting-to-share-the-gossip/)

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

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> [Family relationships trigger childhood wounds, and those wounds often trump our rational thinking. We can't 'rationally' transcend the kind of primal pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/family-relationships-trigger-childhood-wounds-and-those-wounds-often/)

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

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> [There are other kinds of emotional pain that emerge from our own mistaken thinking. As we surrender that pain, we are inviting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/there-are-other-kinds-of-emotional-pain-that-emerge-from-our-own/)

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

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> [Until we get to the point where we've had enough of things that hurt and long more than anything for a peaceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/until-we-get-to-the-point-where-we-ve-had-enough-of-things-that-hurt/)

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

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> [Sometimes when we're feeling sad, it's important just to feel the sadness. Like a snake shedding its skin, old feelings of remorse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/sometimes-when-we-re-feeling-sad-it-s-important-just-to-feel-the/)

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

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> [It can take years of tears to melt the hardness that develops in this world, covering our tender, gentler inner selves. Tears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/it-can-take-years-of-tears-to-melt-the-hardness-that-develops-in-this/)

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

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> [You can't remove that layer of pain by just saying, "Okay, I'm not going to wallow in it." The only way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/you-can-t-remove-that-layer-of-pain-by-just-saying-okay-i-m-not-going/)

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

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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