The meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
Marianne Williamson on learning
Marianne Williamson109 quotes“The meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.”
More from Marianne Williamson
The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson A relationship is more of an assignment than a choice. We can walk away from the assignment, but we cannot walk away from the lessons it presents. We stay with a relationship until a lesson is learned, or we simply learn it another way.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson No matter what the problem, a miracle can solve it. Remember to ask for one.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Let’s forgive the past and who we were then. Let’s embrace the present and who we’re capable of becoming. Let’s surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson 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 WilliamsonMarianne Williamson The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson If our emotional stability is based on what other people do or do not do, then we have no stability. If our emotional stability is based on love that is changeless and unalterable, then we attain the stability of God.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson It takes courage…to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Don’t be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Sometimes when we don’t know the answer, it’s time to simply be with the question.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson
Original quotes
From our community writers
Mental health doesn’t have to be an uphill battle.
Isabel RocioIsabel Rocio The worst thing is not to share our pain with each other when you can.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase I have happened in so many places, to so many people – the essence of me lives on in these nuances, these moments.
Lang LeavLang Leav Respect your body, it’s a home to be thankful for.
SargamSargam My heart holds your name like it’s the only thing it knows.
N.M SanchezN.M Sanchez Listening and empathizing will enable you to look past fake smiles and dive deeper into the pain in their eyes.
Ankur SinghAnkur Singh I heard the universe whisper “take care of her”
Karla GaleanaKarla Galeana Respect me, not because I respect you, but because I deserve your respect.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian
Meet the writers
More on learning
For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
ThucydidesThucydides To know thyself- in others self-concern; Would’st thou know others? read thyself–and learn!
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller I’ve learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
SophoclesSophocles Learning presence is a stress buster.
Gabrielle BernsteinGabrielle Bernstein Far must thy researches go Wouldst thou learn the world to know; Thou must tempt the dark abyss Wouldst thou prove what Being is; Naught but firmness gains the prize, Naught but fullness makes us wise, Buried deep truth e’er lies.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
SolonSolon I’ve learned, That when you’re in love, it shows.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney