Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson

24 quotes

Since 1952, American author and politician Marianne Williamson has given the world some of its most quotable lines. Known for her "spiritual advisor", their words carry the weight of lived experience. Our collection holds 34 quotes from Marianne Williamson, each offering a different angle on God, Peace, Forgiveness, Work, and Fear. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world."

“In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.”

— Marianne Williamson

Power

All Quotes by Marianne Williamson

“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.”

— Marianne Williamson

Fear

“Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.”

— Marianne Williamson

Men

“May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.”

— Marianne Williamson

Love

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.”

— Marianne Williamson

Fear

“We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs.”

— Marianne Williamson

Money

“The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.”

— Marianne Williamson

Movingon

“I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign, but who in the quietness of their hearts might think, 'Why not me?'”

— Marianne Williamson

Women

“We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.”

— Marianne Williamson

Life

“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.”

— Marianne Williamson

Power

“I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.”

— Marianne Williamson

Experience

“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.”

— Marianne Williamson

Fear

“You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.”

— Marianne Williamson

God

“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.”

— Marianne Williamson

Forgiveness

“The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”

— Marianne Williamson

Good

“Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.”

— Marianne Williamson

God

“Love knows how to form itself. God will do his work if we do ours. Our job is to prepare ourselves for love. When we do, love finds us every time.”

— Marianne Williamson

God

“God is definitely out of the closet.”

— Marianne Williamson

God

“As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be.”

— Marianne Williamson

God

“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.”

— Marianne Williamson

Forgiveness

“In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.”

— Marianne Williamson

Power