I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering.
Marianne WilliamsonTrying to suppress or eradicate symptoms on the physical level can be extremely important, but there's more to healing than that; dealing with psychological, emotional and spiritual issues involved in treating sickness is equally important.
Marianne WilliamsonI think we all need to be looking to the better angels of our own selves. We don't need to be looking for great people so much as becoming great people.
Marianne WilliamsonJudaism, Christianity, and I'm sure other religions also, are having to deal with the fact that they may or may not have lived up at all times to the injunctions of their own mystical center. For instance, when I went to Sunday school, I remember learning more about Jewish history than about God. So, once again, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the Jewish religion, it just means that sometimes people are not fed the mystical food - the spiritual food - of their own religious background.
Marianne Williamson