"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs. Marianne Williamson More Quotes by Marianne Williamson More Quotes From Marianne Williamson Whomever it is you were born to be, whatever your soul was coded to accomplish, whatever lessons you were born to learn, now is the time to get serious and get going. Marianne Williamson lessons serious soul We experience who we really are, and what it is we are meant to do, in any moment when we pour our love into the universe. Marianne Williamson our-love universe moments Once you've had enough and you can't do it anymore, you consider the possibility that there might be a better way. That's when your head cracks open and God comes in. Marianne Williamson cracks might way Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force. Marianne Williamson midlife magic force There can be no darkness where I provide the light. Marianne Williamson light darkness Love is everywhere, but if our eyes aren't open to see it, we miss out. Who among us hasn't missed out on love because we were looking for it in one package and it came in another? Our problem is rarely a lack of love so much as a mental block to our awareness of its presence.* Marianne Williamson block eye love-is Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world. Marianne Williamson sobriety addiction world A failure remains a failure only if we refuse to learn from it. Any situation that teaches us greater humility, sobriety, wisdom about self and others, responsibility, forgiveness, depth of reflection, and better decision making -\-\teaching us what's truly important-\-\is not an ultimate failure. Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road. Marianne Williamson humility responsibility teaching The implication was that if you had any skepticism whatsoever, you were anti-science. I think there's a difference between having skepticism about science and having skepticism about the pharmaceutical industry. Marianne Williamson skepticism differences thinking I really got into Osho's books. I have always loved his books. They were top notch. Marianne Williamson top-notch notches book The world won't step into its greatness until we step into ours. Marianne Williamson greatness steps world We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs. Marianne Williamson running civilization children The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled space, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity. . . Marianne Williamson creativity integrity art In the Holy Relationship, it's understood that we all have unhealed places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with another person. We don't hide our weaknesses, but rather we understand that the relationship is a context for healing through mutual forgiveness. Marianne Williamson weakness purpose healing Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up. Marianne Williamson greatness encouragement people Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. Marianne Williamson forgiveness inspirational love Love is to fear as light is to dark; in the presence of one, the other cannot exist. So wherever there is a place of fear in your life, think of one thing - even if it's just a thought you can think-where you can generate love to cast out the fear. Marianne Williamson fear inspirational love The point of Jesus' existence wasn't to lessen or diminish our appreciation of each other, but to expand our appreciation of each other by reminding us what lies within all of us, because Jesus was an example of the pinnacle of human evolution. Marianne Williamson gratitude appreciation jesus Every problem emerges from the false belief we are separate from one another, and every answer emerges from the realization we are not. Marianne Williamson connections realization people Carrying the past in to the present, we program the future to continue the past. Letting go the past in the present, we free the future to be something else. Marianne Williamson letting-go inspirational past