I think it's unfortunate how many people today try to build up their own careers by denigrating the work of others.
Marianne WilliamsonIn the Jewish religion it says - in the time of deepest darkest night act as if the morning has already come
Marianne WilliamsonI feel that people who haven't read my books and haven't heard me lecture - who don't in fact know what my work is about - have been very hard on me. There is an expression in Alcoholics Anonymous called "contempt prior to investigation." I feel many people practice contempt prior to investigation.
Marianne WilliamsonSome of the most patriarchal thinkers I know are women. Some of the most feminist thinkers are men.
Marianne WilliamsonChildren are happy because they don't yet have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong." They don't have a mind-set that puts "Things to Fear" before "Things to Love." Unless we can be like little children, we can't enter into the kingdom of heaven; unless we can be like little children, we can't be happy. Children are happy because they don't have all the facts yet.
Marianne Williamson