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
The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I think is a lovely thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it...
...available people are the ones who are dangerous, because they confront us with the possibility of real intimacy.
Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.
People sometimes see an image and without knowing the surrounding patterns draw false conclusions.
No matter what is happening now, events will ultimately bend toward love the way a flower bends toward sunlight.
We must relinquish our passive observation of the world outside; we can open the door to the world we want. In understanding ourselves, we come to understand the world. In allowing ourselves to heal, we become the healers of the world. In praying for peace, we become bringers of peace. Thus we actualize the power within us to remedy the psychic wounds of humanity.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
The holy child is waiting to be born in every instant, not just once a year.
Obviously, I don't want to minimize the patriarchal nature of our media, our government and our culture as a whole. But I think it's our refusal as women to own our power that is our biggest problem, both individually and collectively. The linchpin that holds the current system in place is the slumber of women.
Only what I'm not giving is what is lacking in any situation
The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
Only what I am not giving can be lacking in any situation.
There should be an expanded role in this society for every human being. I see an expanded role for the human spirit, for excellence, for virtue, and for creativity - within women, and within everyone.