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The role of a leader is not to rule over other people, but to hold a space for their own genius.

Marianne Williamson

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Marianne Williamson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Peace Activist
Philanthropist
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Houston
Texas
Marianne Deborah Williamson
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The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address.
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Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.
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Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.
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The U.S. incarcerates more of its people than any nation in the world, or any nation in history.
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We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry out in pain, pretending we are singing.
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Pleasure can be used to enslave a people just as effectively as pain.
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Problems come about when we try to direct the flow of the universe rather than allow it to reveal its own design. Inherent in that design is a love for all living things.
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My biggest sorrow, when looking back on my youth, is how much of it I somehow missed. Now, looking at my life today, I don't want to make the same mistake. I don't want to miss this. As Bonnie Raitt sang like she was singing it for all of us, Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.
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I have heard it said that living out of our vision is more powerful than living out of our circumstance.
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The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
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If there is anything interesting about my story it's the fact that it's not unique at all. I feel that I have been through what almost everyone I know has - a slow and gradual maturation process.
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There is no they, only us. We are part of a large fellowship called the human race. We all hurt the same. We all love the same. We all bleed the same. We all need understanding and care. We can't separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of the same vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.
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Obviously, I don't want to minimize the patriarchal nature of our media, our government and our culture as a whole. But I think it's our refusal as women to own our power that is our biggest problem, both individually and collectively. The linchpin that holds the current system in place is the slumber of women.
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Always be open to new beginnings. To the universe, every moment is the start of the next big thing in your life.
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Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
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There is an old cliche, 'You can see the glass half empty, or you can see it half full.' You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right. But whatever you focus on, you're going to get more of. Creation is an extension of thought. Think lack, and you get lack. Think abundance, and you get more.
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You receive the light through what you read, through what you hear in meditation, or through some spiritual practice.
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When a woman gives birth, two are born: a baby from the womb of its mother and a woman from the womb of her former existence.
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You are completely at choice who you will be today in your interactions with others. Compassionate, kind, giving and forgiving will create one set of probabilities angry, judgmental, critical and defensive will create another one altogether.
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