A healthy, vital society is not one in which we all agree. It is one in which those who disagree can do so with honor and respect for other people's opinions... and an appreciation of our shared humanity. Marianne Williamson More Quotes by Marianne Williamson More Quotes From Marianne Williamson There's a collective knowing that a dimension of reality exists beyond the material plane, and that sense of knowing is causing a mystical resurgence on the planet today. It's not just children who are looking for a missing piece. It is a very mature outlook to question the nature of our reality. Marianne Williamson knowing children reality We live in a self-organizing and self-correcting universe. For every problem, there is a potentially miraculous solution. A closed heart deflects the miracle, while an open heart brings it forth....In every moment, we make a choice between the heavenly awareness of our connection to all living things, or the hell of the delusion that we are separate and alone. The mind will manufacture according to our choice; whichever we choose, we will seem to experience. Marianne Williamson choices self heart Focus on guilt will always breed fear, and focus on innocence will always breed love. Any time we project guilt onto someone else, we are fortifying the experience of guilt within ourselves. Like blood on Lady MacBeth's hands, we cannot remove our own guilty feelings as long as we are judging others. Marianne Williamson judging hands blood Imagine the most outrageously positive possibility for your life, claim it, and consider it done. Marianne Williamson possibility imagine done A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love. Marianne Williamson miracle perception 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. Marianne Williamson great-things praying No conventional therapy can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere: a peace that is not of this world. Marianne Williamson psychics pain prayer When we pray for God to illumine our path, we are saying, ‘Dear God, please show me the way. What thoughts do I need to think, to be able to navigate my life at this point? What perceptions do I need; what insights will guide me? Who do I need to forgive? What parts of my personality do I need to look at; what changes do I need to make? Please come upon me and heal my life. Amen. Marianne Williamson forgiving personality thinking With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle. Marianne Williamson block miracle thinking When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom. Marianne Williamson joy-to-the-world joy Every relationship either gives energy to us or withholds energy from us, according to what we give to or withhold from it. And it's not only our behavior toward others, but our very thoughts about them, that builds and/ or destroys relationships. Marianne Williamson behavior energy giving The only way to end a culture of violence is to proactively create a culture of peace. Marianne Williamson violence culture way We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has. Marianne Williamson crowns looks world You must master a new way to think, before you can master a new way to be. Marianne Williamson success teacher inspirational The only thing missing in any situation is that in which you are not giving Marianne Williamson situation missing giving Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve. Marianne Williamson women motivation spiritual I believe that the most urgent need of parents today is to instill in our children a moral vision: what does it mean to be a good person, an excellent neighbor, a compassionate heart? What does it mean to say that God exits, that He loves us and He cares for us? What does it mean to love and forgive each other? Parents and caregivers of children must play a primary role in returning our society to a healthy sense of the sacred. We must commit to feeding our children’s souls in the same way we commit to feeding their bodies. Marianne Williamson mean believe children Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn't circumstance-de pendent. There are people who have every reason in the world to be happy who aren't. There are people with genuine problems who are. The key to happiness is the decision to be happy. Marianne Williamson keys people thinking There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. Marianne Williamson enlightened insecure people Whatever worked in the past, build on it; whatever didn't work in the past, break the chain that binds you to it. Marianne Williamson chains-that-bind inspirational past
