Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.
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.
More Marianne Williamson Quotes
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If you know what changes a heart, you know what changes the world.
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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.
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Think of everything you’ve ever experienced that was painful; that’s the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that’s the meaning of Easter.
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Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old.
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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.
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Don’t be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
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Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
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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.
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When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
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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.
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In each of us, there lies a divine connection to a power more powerful than hate or violence. Today is the day to attune to that power and use it on behalf of peace on earth.
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A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.
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The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
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The meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.
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Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.
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