Sometimes, when I talk to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer or some other illness, I'll remind them: "If you were honest with yourself, you were depressed before this happened. And if this were over you would be happy for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, and then something else would come along."
Marianne WilliamsonFear is a psychic tyrant that has no intention of letting its slave go free. It will say whatever it needs to say to confuse your thinking... It will always seek to preserve itself.
Marianne WilliamsonThe wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
Marianne WilliamsonWe arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.
Marianne WilliamsonI do know middle age can bring greater depth, greater wisdom, greater capacity for love, greater capacity for relationship, greater consciousness and desire to serve and awareness of the fate of mankind - all these wonderful things, yes. And I know I'm getting there.
Marianne Williamson