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 WILLIAMSONDarkness 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 WILLIAMSONThought 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 WILLIAMSONTo the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWe 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 WILLIAMSONPrepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONLove isn’t material. It’s energy. We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWe are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONOur problem is not that we don’t have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONI’m better than I used to be. Better than I was yesterday. But hopefully not as good as I’ll be tomorrow.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWithholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONAny situation that pushes our buttons is a situation where we don’t yet have the capacity to be unconditionally loving.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONBless more; blame less.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONLiving meaningfully is what brings joy.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON