Meaning doesn't lie in things. Meaning lies in us. When we attach value to things that aren't love - the money, the car, the house, the prestige - we are loving things that can't love us back. We are searching for meaning in the meaningless. Money, of itself, means nothing. Material things, of themselves, mean nothing. It's not that they're bad. It's that they're nothing. ("A Return to Love")
Marianne WilliamsonI think the violence in the world right now is being reflected inside people. And I also believe the violence inside people is being reflected in the world.
Marianne WilliamsonSince our peace lies in loving as God loves, we must strive to love everyone. The only love that completes us is the love of God, and the love of God is the love of everyone.
Marianne WilliamsonRather than accepting that we are the loving beings that He created, we have arrogantly thought that we could create ourselves, and then create God. Because we are angry and judgmental, we have projected those characteristics onto Him. We have made up a God in our image. But God remains who He is and always has been: the energy, the thought of unconditional love.
Marianne WilliamsonGod gives us His strength by giving us His vision of things. Our seeing people as innocent is the only way to achieve Godโs peace.
Marianne WilliamsonIf our prayer is โDear God, please use me to be of service,โ then that is what we will be. And it is not for us to judge either the size or value of our gifts. Our job is to try to get out of the way, to defer to the spirit moving within us and become open channels for the flow of Godโs love.
Marianne Williamson