Marianne Williamson

Many times in life, we say we want change but are then terrified when the opportunity for it arrives.

I believe that hunger for a 'lost dimension' of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn't go away just because we ignore it. It is evidenced among other places in the millions of children and adults who obsessively read the 'Harry Potter' books. It is said that fiction is where someone gets to tell the truth.

Whether the Sikhs want to worship in Wisconsin or the Christians want to worship in Texas or the Jews want to worship in New York, we're living under the magnificent umbrella of a Constitution that says we can.

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.

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.

We have allowed an unholy alliance of government - the new monarchy - and corporate influence - the new aristocracy - to take control of events in a way that would have made our Founders shudder.

The undue influence of money on our politics is like a cancer underlying other cancers, the issue underlying all other issues.

If anything is naive and lightweight, it's the traditional political conversation.

A lot of my traditional audience does not appreciate my foray into politics.

I know I'm not a great writer. I'm an extremely gifted oral communicator, but when it comes to writing, I'm just a beginner.

People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.

Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.