Marianne Williamson

When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

It is not your job to seek for love. It IS your job to seek within yourself all the barriers against its coming.

We are so trained in the thought system of fear and attack that we get to the point where natural thinking - love - feels unnatural and unnatural thinking - fear - feels natural. It takes real discipline and training to unlearn the thought system of fear.

Attack thoughts towards others are attack thoughts towards ourselves.

Our religious institutions have far too often become handmaidens of the status quo, while the genuine religious experience is anything but that. True religion is by nature disruptive of_x000D_ what has been, giving birth to the eternally new.

We are all part of a vast sea of love. One indivisible mind.

Faith doesn't mean you don't have to do the work; it just means you're absolutely certain the work will pay off.

Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force.

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. When you choose to love, you choose to work miracles.

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

When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness

Problems come about when we try to direct the flow of the universe rather than allow it to reveal its own design. Inherent in that design is a love for all living things.

Often faith isn't hoping that good times are coming; it's trying to see that the good times are here.

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

A real leader is not the top dog who merely shouts down orders. a leader is one who holds the space for the brilliance of others.

Once the light of our awareness is cast on any darkness, then it cannot hide and it cannot remain. Such is the law of consciousness.

Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world.

The way to have the life we want is to receive more deeply the life we have. Sometimes we keep our own life at arm's length, thinking we'll wait until circumstances improve before giving it all we've got. But life is just a reflection of consciousness, so it's never going to give any more to us than we give to it. Don't wait for a perfect life; breathe in the life that's already perfect.

No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness.