Quotes from Marianne Williamson

I can see that the spiritual path has been the calling of my soul for a very long time, and I am ready to devote the rest of my life to walking it as best I can.

The spirit within leads only to joy, as it inspires me to see the love in everyone and the possibility of miracles that lie inherent in all things. The universe itself is the handwriting of God, as He constantly creates and re-creates the perfection that He is. Within that perfection I have my true being, and within my true being I am happy and at peace.

I trust that when people meet, we meet for a transcendent reason, and that the challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.

As a cell contains a natural intelligence by which it fosters the healthy functioning of the body, I, too, have natural intelligence that fosters the perfect unfolding of my life.

The human race is evolving to the realization that what is happening on the level of consciousness both precedes and determines what happens in the world.

The 'Course in Miracles' says one day you will realize that death is not the punishment but the reward. And it says that birth is not the beginning of life but a continuation. And physical death is not the end of life but a continuation.

Judaism is interesting in that there is something there that I think you just can't understand if you're not a Jew - it moves into a realm of true mystery.

We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.

In God, there is no lack and no recession.

I would never, ever in my life say, 'I want to go to Washington to heal the soul of Washington.'

If I just want to 'start a conversation,' I don't need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could be argued that many people are more open to hearing you if you're not running for office.

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.

Prayer is the medium of miracles; in whatever way works for you, pray right now.

Today, most Americans are too cynical, or tired, or both, to even approximate our Founders' courageous repudiation of injustice.

Human civilization as we know it is like the Titanic headed for the iceberg, whether the iceberg be nuclear, environmental or terrorism-related.

Sometimes it's easier to love people when there is a healthy distance between us.

In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war.

The speed of change today is faster than the human psyche seems able to handle, and it's increasingly difficult to reconcile the rhythms of our personal lives with the rapidity of a twenty-four-hour news cycle.

Next time you're about to judge someone, attempt to understand them instead.

The present moment, if you think about it, is the only time there is. No matter what time it is, it is always NOW!

The spiritual journey has to do with learning to think more deeply and take as long a time as we need. That's the path to wisdom.

Whomever it is you were born to be, whatever your soul was coded to accomplish, whatever lessons you were born to learn, now is the time to get serious and get going.

Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force.

We are living at an extraordinary time in human history. And for many of us things are great. Things are great for me.