Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONMay 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.
More Marianne Williamson Quotes
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Every bird that sings, sings for you. Every breeze that blows, blows for you. Every sunray shines for you. If you only knew how loved you are.
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People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
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We were all born carrying a promise — a promise to make the world better — and there’s a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.
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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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The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
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For every person who might reject you if you live your truth, there are ten others who will embrace you and welcome you home.
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
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On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you an entirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready.
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Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.
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If you want to end darkness you cannot beat it with a baseball bat, you have to turn on a light.
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The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.
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Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
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Just like a sunbeam can’t separate itself from the sun, and a wave can’t separate itself from the ocean, we can’t separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.
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Love isn’t material. It’s energy. We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy.
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The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
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