Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality. Marianne Williamson More Quotes by Marianne Williamson More Quotes From Marianne Williamson To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart. Marianne Williamson princess queens heart We cannot give what we do not have: We cannot bring peace to the world if we ourselves are not peaceful. We cannot bring love to the world if we ourselves are not loving. Our true gift to ourselves and others lies not in what we have but in who we are. Marianne Williamson love peace lying People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs. Marianne Williamson heart attitude inspirational The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe. Marianne Williamson honesty keys commitment We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine. Marianne Williamson religious letting-go love-is Behind every fear, there is a miracle waiting. Marianne Williamson behinds miracle waiting In the Jewish religion it says - in the time of deepest darkest night act as if the morning has already come Marianne Williamson encouragement morning night We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. Marianne Williamson confidence fear children Magic happens when you tell the universe what you want it to do for you; miracles happen when you ask how you can be of service to the universe. Marianne Williamson magic miracle want We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Marianne Williamson inspirational love life We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present. Marianne Williamson positivity marriage love You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same. Marianne Williamson insecure light giving When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. As you think of him, you will think of yourself. Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself. Marianne Williamson finding-yourself love thinking Karma means that all actions have consequences. Grace means that in a moment of atonement -taking responsibility, making amends, asking for forgiveness - all karma is burned. Marianne Williamson karma responsibility mean We aren't bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness. Marianne Williamson light darkness mind No one is any more or any less important than you are. Marianne Williamson positive meaningful inspirational Bless more; blame less. Marianne Williamson bless blame blessing Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are. Marianne Williamson smart humility beautiful You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think. Marianne Williamson responsibility exercise believe When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious. Marianne Williamson possibility glory energy
