Marianne Williamson Quotes

What's the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it's possible.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

And so there is magic.

There is magic on earth.

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like asking if one believes in air or water. Similarly Quality is not something you believe in, Quality is something you experience.

Meet the world with the fullness of your being, and you shall meet God. Of you wish to believe, love.

Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn’t hurt.)

Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.

How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God there is rain?

Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.

If we believe in magic, we'll live a magical life.

But if you do believe, then you already know all about magic.

Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

To believe a thing is to see the cool crystal water sparkling in the cup. But to meditate on it is to drink of it. Reading gathers the clusters; contemplation squeezes forth their generous juice.

Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

You have to believe the magic to see it.

Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?

We don't have to look far for miracles because they're all around us. Everything is astonishing. The universe on it's surface is alive with mystery.

If we spend our days waiting for fabulous roses we could miss the beauty and wonder of the tiny forget-me-nots that are all around us.

Paradigms power perception and perceptions power emotions. Most emotions are responses to perception - what you think is true about a given situation. If your perception is false, then your emotional response to it will be false too. So check your perceptions, and beyond that check the truthfulness of your paradigms - what you believe. Just because you believe something firmly doesn't make it true. Be willing to reexamine what you believe.

Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them." "I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly. "Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.

Now I realize that it isn't the miracle that creates the believer. Instead, we are all believers. We believe that the illusion of the material world is completely real. That belief is our only prison. It prevents us from making the journey into the unknown.