Quotes from Marianne Williamson

The only thing lacking in any situation is our own awareness of love.

Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.

problema, me convierto en parte del problema. Cuando estoy bien centrada en mi interior, me convierto en parte de la solución. Ese fenómeno, multiplicado muchas veces, es la fuerza que salvará al mundo.

The exultation of poverty as a spiritual virtue is of the ego, not the spirit.  A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is a natural result.

En Dios encontramos el escape, porque Él ha enviado al Espíritu Santo a reunir nuestros corazones y corregir nuestra forma de pensar. Él puede desarmar nuestro sistema de pensamiento basado en el miedo y reemplazarlo por un sistema de pensamiento basado en el amor. Él nos dará una mente nueva.

If you legitimize their self-centeredness, they'll be more likely to forget about their ancestors, their fellow citizens, or their descendants.

We are poor because we do not work with love.

Todos y cualquiera de nosotros puede orar para pedir milagros, y Él nos escucha a todos y cada uno cuando se los pedimos.

Give all your gifts away in service to the world.  If you want to paint, don't wait for a grant, paint a wall in your town that looks drab and uninviting.  You never know who is going to see that wall. Whatever it is you want to do, give it away in service to your community.

Political manifestations, both good and bad, are but outer reflections of internal realities. They emerge from realms beyond what the eye can see.

Deep down, the woman inside us is different from the one we show in the light of day. She is more authentically sexual, more glamorous, more glowing, and she knows more...She is afraid of being laughed at except when she is clearly desired. The whole world desires her actually, but doesn't usually let her know.

El miedo es una ilusión, un delirio. Nuestra locura, nuestra paranoia, nuestra angustia y nuestros traumas son imaginarios.

What I think about anyone else I'm thinking about myself.

Until we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what love is.

The world will be different for our daughters and sons because of our tears, our bravery, and our breakthroughs.

El amor expulsa el miedo de la misma manera que la luz expulsa la oscuridad.

Whatever I give to others, I am giving to myself.

Freud definió la neurosis como el hecho de alejarse del Yo, y eso es. El verdadero Yo es el amor dentro de nosotros. Es el «hijo de Dios». El yo temeroso es un impostor. La vuelta al amor es el gran drama cósmico, el viaje personal desde lo ilusorio hasta el Yo, del dolor a la paz interior.

Dios amado, estoy dispuesta (o dispuesto) a ver esto de otra manera».

Por mediación de diversas técnicas terapéuticas, llegué a estar muy al tanto de mis propias neurosis, pero eso no necesariamente las exorcizaba.

How we are talking to each other is as corrupt and corrupting as what anyone is saying

Any person, economic system, or political establishment that fails to concern itself with the pain of others is out of alignment with spiritual truth. And where there is a lack of spiritual alignment, chaos is inevitable

It has been said that love brings up everything unlike itself, and sometimes just when we feel we are moving toward a solution, the problem jumps up again and grabs us by the throat. That is natural. It is part of the process. Do not despair.

It isn't easy, giving birth to our spiritual potential. Spiritual labor can be very arduous—one holy instant at a time, when we give up, surrender, soften, don't care if we're right, forgo our impatience, detach from the opinions and prizes of the world, and rest in the arms of God. But the end result is the love of our lives. We begin