I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to die feeling that they have not sung their song. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Many times in life, we say we want change but are then terrified when the opportunity for it arrives. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We want spiritual principles to be more than beautiful abstractions; we want them to actually transform our lives. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Creating the world we want is a much more subtle but more powerful mode of operation than destroying the one we don't… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Magic happens when you tell the universe what you want it to do for you; miracles happen when you ask how you… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Once you reach a certain age, you're either slowly dying or slowly being reborn. I want to choose the latter. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I would never, ever in my life say, 'I want to go to Washington to heal the soul of Washington.' — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I just want to write books or give talks which, if I were in the audience or I were the reader, I… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If you want to end darkness you cannot beat it with a baseball bat, you have to turn on a light. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
A level of anxiety and tension and outright fear that so many people have felt, not only during the recession but during… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I try to be self-disciplined with my thoughts. It’s our thoughts that matter most, and all the rest falls into line behind… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Obviously, I don't want to minimize the patriarchal nature of our media, our government and our culture as a whole. But I… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Instead of, “Dear God, please let us fall in love, or please give me this job,” we say, “Dear God, my desire,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Darkness is merely the absence of light, and fear is merely the absence of love. If we want to be rid of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I’m haunted sometimes by the thought, what if we lived from that place all the time? What if we went there without… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Take a good look at your life right now. If you don't like something about it, close your eyes and imagine the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Every time we focus on someone else's darkness, we are blocking our own view of the light. We think the person we… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
In the century now dawning, spirituality, visionary consciousness, and the ability to build and mend human relationships will be more important for… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We give up what we want to give up and keep what in some way we still want to keep. There are… — 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
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
God, please use me" is the most powerful affirmation we can say for an abundant career. It is the miracle-worker's prayer. Everybody… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If I say to my daughter, "Go say 'hi' to Aunt Gertrude," there is a reason there. I'm teaching her manners. I… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
You don't want to try to protect yourself from the pain of a crisis. You want to learn everything you can from… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I think that's what we all want on this earth - to feel that at some level we have connected with other… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There is a trend in child-rearing that I find abhorrent: "Whatever the kids want to do is fine." For me, the classic… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The places in our personality where we tend to deviate from love are not out faults, but our wounds. God doesn't want… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The teenager begins to realize he or she really does want to be part of a community, really does want to have… — 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
Your relationship with love is your relationship with the essence of who you are. It affects your relationship with your body, and… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Whether the Sikhs want to worship in Wisconsin or the Christians want to worship in Texas or the Jews want to worship… — 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
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
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
Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share
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
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
No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share
Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share
Sex is not the ultimate high, but the ultimate high hangs out around sex. The ultimate high is the dance with another person, played… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share
