I think it's unfortunate how many people today try to build up their own careers by denigrating the work of others. Marianne Williamson More Quotes by Marianne Williamson More Quotes From Marianne Williamson Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are. Marianne Williamson spiritualmotivationalinspirational 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 forgivenessspirituallove Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face. Marianne Williamson triumphsorrowlying In every moment we make a decision -- whether conscious or unconscious. Will I choose to open my heart, send love, withhold judgment and thus free myself from fear? Or will I close my heart, project fear instead of extending love, judge others, and thus bind myself to fear? The choice is mine and mine alone. Marianne Williamson choicesjudgingheart Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world. Marianne Williamson healingteacherinspirational For every person who might reject you if you live your truth, there are ten others who will embrace you and welcome you home. Marianne Williamson rejects-youhomemight Whatever situation you're in: Send love, place it in God's hands, open your heart to everyone involved - and it will turn out miraculously. Marianne Williamson freedomhearthands Darkness is merely the absence of light, and fear is merely the absence of love. If we want to be rid of fear, we cannot fight it but must replace it with love. Marianne Williamson fightinglightdarkness If we never take a risk, we'll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had. Marianne Williamson take-a-chanceriskinspirational Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don't like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking. Marianne Williamson motivationallifethinking Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen. Marianne Williamson dear-lordpeaceworld Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others. Marianne Williamson successsleepmean Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. Marianne Williamson giving-upspiritualletting-go Forgiveness does not mean that we suppress anger; forgiveness means that we have asked for a miracle: the ability to see through mistakes that someone has made to the truth that lies in all of our hearts. Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. Attack thoughts towards others are attack thoughts towards ourselves. The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. Marianne Williamson forgivenessmistakelying With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle. It is not our circumstances, then, but rather our thoughts about our circumstances, that determine our power to transform them. Marianne Williamson blockmiraclethinking If you want to end darkness you cannot beat it with a baseball bat, you have to turn on a light. Marianne Williamson lightbaseballdarkness In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Marianne Williamson greatest-treasurepainheart There is, inside all our heads, the ego’s rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well. Learning to control that dog, and ultimately to end its life, is the process and purpose of enlightened relationships. Marianne Williamson egopurposedog Healing works through a kind of detox: things have got to come up in order to be released. That is true of our personal issues, and also our collective issues. We can't just push the darkness down, pour pink paint over it and then pretend it's not there. We have to look at it, accept that it exists and then release it for healing. Marianne Williamson healinginspirationalorder We were all born carrying a promise -- a promise to make the world better -- and there's a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever. Marianne Williamson foreverpromiseworld
