Marianne Quotes

Psychology, which explains everything, Explains nothing, And we are still in doubt.

There never was a war that was not inward.

Does it follow that because there are poisonous toadstools which resemble mushrooms, both are dangerous?

There is a great amount of poetry in unconscious fastidiousness.

O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!

Only imagination that towers can reproduce evanescence and render rigidity flexible.

A lot of animal experiments consider only commercial interests. We want to ban all animal experiments as soon as possible.

The public hardly suspects that their purchase of cosmetics, pet food, toothpaste, eggs and other common items have, in all likelihood, caused some form of animal suffering.

A poem is a box, a thing, to put other things in. For safe keeping.

Living meaningfully is what brings joy.

I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.

When you lose your reputation at 19, you lose everything.

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.

Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.

All bores me in the world of facts, I see an end, a limit to all things and my heart thirsts for the infinite and for eternity.

Today, we take to task any governmental body that doesn't protect animals, and take legal action if necessary.

France has been very good for me. It has given me a very worldly-cool attitude.

Yule—Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner—of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner.

As long as there are ways we can serve, then we have a job to do.

Nothing will be resolved here. Nothing is ever resolved without war. It is the way of the universe.

In our ability to think about something differently lies the power to make it different.

Forgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.

Motherly love - putting the care of children before every other consideration - is the ultimate intelligence of nature.

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

The holy child is waiting to be born in every instant, not just once a year.

We shouldn’t come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world.

Our key to transforming anything lies in our ability to reframe it.

I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit.

The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.

I am a glorious child of God. I am joyful, serene, positive, and loving.

Fear is trusting in your own power.

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

What I think about you, I will not be able to escape thinking about myself, and what I do to you, I will not be able to escape experiencing myself.

Be the most wonderful expression of you that you're capable of.

People tend to have a government that reflects the level of consciousness of the majority of people who voted.

Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same.

Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.

Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released. Once we have asked to be healed, then our unhealed places are forced to the surface.

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.

...available people are the ones who are dangerous, because they confront us with the possibility of real intimacy.

Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.

Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.

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

[God is] an all-encompassing love that is the source of all, the reality of all, and the being through which I am.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.

The issue of spiritual power is to meet the limited mortal circumstance with unlimited thought.

I think daily life is where the lessons come in - that's where the tests and the growth come in.

You've committed no sins, just mistakes.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.