We think that because we dwell inside our bodies that we are separate from other people who dwell inside theirs.
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 WilliamsonYou don't need a new life, just a new lens through which to view the one you have.
Marianne WilliamsonAs long as you identify with the universe - which is perfect and can correct material conditions to bring them back into alignment with that Divine perfection - as long as that is where your mind is aligned, it's as though there were two parallel universes. You decide with every thought you think which one you're going to inhabit. Two parallel universes of experience, as it were.
Marianne WilliamsonThere is a trend in child-rearing that I find abhorrent: "Whatever the kids want to do is fine." For me, the classic example of this is when someone has a visitor and says, "Go kiss Aunt Gertrude," and Aunt Gertrude says, "She doesn't have to kiss me if she doesn't want to." Well, I think that's wrong.
Marianne Williamson