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
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Your job is to allow the Holy Spirit to remove the fearful thinking that surrounds your perfect self,
Ultimately, my daughter is not going to learn from what I do, not from what I say. For better or for worse. I see that everyday.
Problems come about when we try to direct the flow of the universe rather than allow it to reveal its own design. Inherent in that design is a love for all living things.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
Sometimes the purpose of a day is to merely feel our sadness, knowing that as we do, we allow whole layers of grief, like old skin cells to drop off us
Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up.
Angry people cannot create a peaceful planet
Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love in service to mankind.
When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness
Until you have a child, it's very tempting to look at the state of the world and say, "To hell with it, in 50 years I won't be around anyway." But if you have a child you don't say that, because even if you're not around in 50 years, your children presumably will be, and maybe even their children. You think of yourself as responsible to future generations in a whole different way.
Our self-perception determines our behavior. If we think we’re small, limited, inadequate creatures, then we tend to behave that way, and the energy we radiate reflects those thoughts no matter what we do. If we think we’re magnificent creatures with an infinite abundance of love and power to give, then we tend to behave that way. Once again, the energy around us reflects our state of awareness.
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. When you choose to love, you choose to work miracles.
We are more afraid of excellence than of failure.