Marianne Williamson Quotes

God is the electricity and we are the lamps.

Speak from your mind and people will hear you with their mind. Speak from your heart and people will hear you with their heart.

The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.

The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.

Every relationship, every situation is part of a divinely created and highly specific curriculum for your soul growth

When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom.

Your personal power is not something that is going to reveal itself at some later date. Your power is a result of your decision to reveal it. You are powerful in whatever moment you choose to be.

Go for greatness. Anything else is a waste of time.

The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit

Imagine the week ahead unfolding in an ever-increasing flow of miracles. Allow the image to sink into your heart. Receive it with a big yes!

Love, when it is a sacred quest, is a space of resurrection and repair. It does more than help us survive a soulless world; it helps us to transform.

I'm better than I used to be. Better than I was yesterday. But hopefully not as good as I'll be tomorrow.

Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.

To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.

Life is like a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself.

On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you an entirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready.

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.

Family... a group experience of love and support.

Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings.

Miracles begin when we consider the possibility that there might be another way.

The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.

Your character defects are not where you're bad, but where you're wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it's yours now and you're responsible for it.

The change we are looking for is always a change within ourselves. And the change will come. I've noticed that as long as I'm willing to be different, something or someone arrives to show me how.

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.

Let's forgive the past and who we were then. Let's embrace the present and who we're capable of becoming. Let's surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.

Great spiritual teachings do not change, but we do. As we grow older and wiser, we can receive the teachings at deeper levels.

Love will not just heal your life or mine. Love will heal the world.

Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

What you do comes from what you think.

Silence is the Sabbath of the soul. Therein we rest, and therein we hear everything.

The Real You isn't damaged goods. The Real You is the light of the universe.

If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you.

The only real failure is the failure to grow from what we go through

Think of everything you've ever experienced that was painful; that's the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that's the meaning of Easter.

What we really need to avoid is this epidemic of false positivism and false happiness, which says if it hurts, it must be bad. Sometimes it hurts because you have a conscience.

If you know what changes a heart, you know what changes the world.

Where there is lack, God’s abundance is on the way. Hold on. Have faith. It’s coming.

Consider the possibility of infinite possibility.

Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.

We don't ask God for too much; in fact, we ask for too little. Turn to Him for everything. Give everything to God.

You don't have to pray to attract great things, because great things are attracted to you already. Pray that you won't throw them away once they get here.

Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.

You get to decide what energy you choose to download in any moment. No one but you gets to decide who you wish to be.

There will be no peace in the world until there is peace in our hearts.

Conscious awareness is the source of our healing...Only when you say the truth can the truth set you free. This is not a negative process, but at times it is a difficult process.

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself.

Everything connects to everything; therefore, as we change, the world cannot but change with us.

The moment of surrender is not when life is over. It's when it begins

We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives.