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 WILLIAMSONPrepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old.
More Marianne Williamson Quotes
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And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
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Life is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.
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Your future isn’t programmed by your past; it’s programmed by your thoughts.
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You can live your life out of a circumstance or you can live your life out of a vision.
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Carrying the past in to the present, we program the future to continue the past. Letting go the past in the present, we free the future to be something else.
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Your character defects are not where you’re bad, but where you’re wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it’s yours now and you’re responsible for it.
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If we never take a risk, we’ll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.
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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 every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
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A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.
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To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
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Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
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Our problem is not that we don’t have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.
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Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
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Once you know that every moment and every person and every situation has something to teach you, you’re a student all day. You know it’s the depth of your observation that is the issue – not how much the world has to show you.
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Sometimes when we don’t know the answer, it’s time to simply be with the question.
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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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Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
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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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The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
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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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Think bigger. Forget limits. Embrace the idea of endless possibility…. It will change you.
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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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In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.
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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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