I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We need to recognize that part our political problem is that we do not participate effectively, that we suffer from a kind… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Yes, hardships come. But I see in my life and in the lives of others how often something that does not have… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There is no amount of money I can make which could buffer my daughter from the horrors that will explode in our… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Genuine transcendence doesn't just look away from human suffering and say, "I am at peace, so I'm at the mountaintop." Genuine transcendence… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Even a happy life has a sad day. We fail to provide a context which says it's okay to cry, it's okay… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
To the extent we are perceiving anyone's guilt -choosing to focus on the errors of their personality rather than the eternal innocence… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
To bear witness to all the unnecessary suffering on the planet and make ourselves available to service - whatever that means for… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“How odd that we spend so much time treating the darkness, and so little time seeking the light. The ego loves to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Our hearts are being stretched to span the violence and the suffering in our lives and world, and at the same time… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There is simply too much unnecessary suffering in our world. And we should see that as a national security risk, by the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We already have the material means to eradicate deep poverty and thereby eradicate hunger. We have the material means to begin the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Until we get to the point where we've had enough of things that hurt and long more than anything for a peaceful… — 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
