We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs.
Marianne Williamson
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- I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.
- Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
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- As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.
- The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.