Most of us feel on some level like race horses chomping at the bit, pressing at the gate, hoping and praying for someone to open the door and let us run out. We feel so much pent up energy, so much locked up talent. We know in our hearts that we were born to do great things, and we have a deep-seated dread of wasting our lives. But the only person who can free us is ourselves. Most of us know that. We realize that the locked door is our own fear.
Marianne WilliamsonMagic happens when you tell the universe what you want it to do for you; miracles happen when you ask how you can be of service to the universe.
Marianne WilliamsonNo true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address that suffering while remaining in a blissful center.
Marianne WilliamsonThe goal of the spiritual activist is to find inner peace even in externally chaotic circumstances.
Marianne WilliamsonWhen a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
Marianne WilliamsonThere is no way that carrying fifty or sixty extra pounds is easy on your heart, your lungs, or your liver. That's a fact. Every person in the world, no matter what size, shape, or form they are, deserves respect and love. But that doesn't mean we are supposed to pretend that something is healthy when in fact it is not.
Marianne Williamson