Quotes

“All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.” Tennessee Williams

“Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.” Tennessee Williams

“All good art is an indiscretion.” Tennessee Williams

“Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.” Tennessee Williams

“Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.” Tennessee Williams

“If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.” Tennessee Williams

“Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.” Tennessee Williams

“A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.” Tennessee Williams

“We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.” Tennessee Williams

“Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.” Tennessee Williams

“I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.” Tennessee Williams

“The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.” Tennessee Williams

“Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.” Tennessee Williams

“All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.” Tennessee Williams

“Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.” Tennessee Williams

“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.” Marianne Williamson

“Relationships are eternal. The 'separation' is another chapter in the relationship. Often, letting go of the old form of the relationship becomes a lesson in pure love much deeper than any would have learned had the couple stayed together.” Marianne Williamson

“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” Marianne Williamson

“Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.” Marianne Williamson

“May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.” Marianne Williamson

“Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.” Marianne Williamson

“Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.” Marianne Williamson

“Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.” Marianne Williamson

“Viewing Israelis and Palestinians from a psychological perspective, they would both be seen as victims of abuse; that is how they both understandably feel, and it's how they both understandably behave. The Jewish psyche is in victimized reaction to the Holocaust, and the Palestinian psyche is in victimized reaction to the Israelis.” Marianne Williamson

“The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.” Marianne Williamson

“We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?” Marianne Williamson

“The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.” Marianne Williamson

“I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence - has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day.” Marianne Williamson

“Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart.” Marianne Williamson