Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Deborah Williamson is an American spiritual teacher, author and lecturer. She has published eleven books, including four New York Times number one bestsellers. She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area, and the co-founder of The Peace Alliance, a grassroots campaign supporting legislation to establish a United States Department of Peace. She serves on the Board of Directors of the RESULTS organization, which works to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth8 July 1952
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because they are fundamentally tied to the status quo. They are the status quo.
Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere: a peace that is not of this world.
Today, most Americans are too cynical, or tired, or both, to even approximate our Founders' courageous repudiation of injustice.
We have made up a God in our image. Because we are angry and judgmental, we have projected those characteristics onto Him. But God remains who He is and always will be: He is the energy, the thought of unconditional love. He cannot think with anger or judgment. He is mercy and compassion and total acceptance.
There is nothing that a military machine can do to work a miracle.
When my sister was diagnosed with cancer in 1989, her doctor told her that the cancer had probably been in her system for 10 years. By the time cancer's diagnosed, it's usually been around for quite a while.
War is just an effect, not a cause.
The world cannot evolve if girls refuse to become women.
The Western world is having an identity crisis.
Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do.
In all the great religious systems, there are divine beings who represent the feminine face of the divine.
I'm proud to say I was part of a movement in which we sang 'All You Need Is Love' at political rallies.
I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.
I'm always honored to be speaking alongside Deepak Chopra.