Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Deborah Williamson is an American spiritual teacher, author and lecturer. She has published eleven books, including four New York Times number one bestsellers. She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area, and the co-founder of The Peace Alliance, a grassroots campaign supporting legislation to establish a United States Department of Peace. She serves on the Board of Directors of the RESULTS organization, which works to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth8 July 1952
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.
In all the great religious systems, there are divine beings who represent the feminine face of the divine.
Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do.
War is just an effect, not a cause.
We are material beings for but a moment in time, but we are spiritual beings forever.
Spiritual growth and spirituality always seem suspect to some people.
In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence.
Only do what you feel called in your heart to do, and then give all of yourself to the task.
People with AIDS, cancer and other illnesses need free nonmedical support services.
Sometimes it's easier to love people when there is a healthy distance between us.
Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who came before and those who will come after.
An educated child earns more later in life, knows how to keep their own children from dying, produces more food, is less likely to get AIDS, and in the case of boys, is less likely to engage in armed civil conflict.
There's a certain je ne sais quoi that Americans have in spades - a we-can-do-anything spirit that makes so many things possible for all of us. We're rugged individualists, aspirational in nature, and we like to think for ourselves.
When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures. But, if you're leading a congregation, people feel they have the right to tell you what you should or shouldn't talk about. And that hasn't always been easy for me.