I don't think that my twenties were any more dramatic than those of most people I know. I was never that bad… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
In our society, as people pass out of young adulthood, they tend to relate to themselves more in terms of what they… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We think that because we dwell inside our bodies that we are separate from other people who dwell inside theirs. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Some people think it's naive to think we can make love our new bottom line. What I believe is naive is thinking… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I think we all need to be looking to the better angels of our own selves. We don't need to be looking… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If I just want to 'start a conversation,' I don't need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I sometimes say to people who have life-challenging illnesses: "Right now you are tempted to think that if you were physically well… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The primary social contract between the people of the United States and their government - quaint though it might seem to even… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The U.S. incarcerates more of its people than any nation in the world, or any nation in history. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I have seen so much obstructed potential among people who lack personal discipline, who just slough it off, whatever it is, and… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
What's difficult in life is to stay centered when somebody does or says something that tempts us to close our hearts because… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
A healthy, vital society is not one in which we all agree. It is one in which those who disagree can do… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The role of a leader is not to rule over other people, but to hold a space for their own genius. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It's difficult to be alive in America today and truly be in denial anymore. It's not hip to be unconscious or uninvolved.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Many people who say they're looking for love are merely looking for superficial comfort. They're not looking yet for the true romantic… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Judaism, Christianity, and I'm sure other religions also, are having to deal with the fact that they may or may not have… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
God is a peaceful ground of being. He is the energy of nonviolence. To ask Him to help is to ask Him… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We love purely when we release other people to be who they are. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Political propaganda seeks to affect the way people perceive the world in order to affect the way they behave. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The only issue that I have a problem with when it comes to the new age is the way that people such… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I can't say that there are 'things' that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I tell my mother I went to God in spite of my religious education. I feel that my religious education was inadequate, but that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image