Marianne Williamson : (11) " Abolition didn’t just happen – people made it happen. Women’s suffrage didn’t just happen – people made it happen. Civil Rights legislation didn’t just happen – people made it happen. And marriage equality didn’t just happen, either – people made it happen. " - Marianne Williamson " People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community. " - Marianne Williamson " Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because they are fundamentally tied to the status quo. They are the status quo. " - Marianne Williamson " Religion is like a map. The route isn’t important. It’s the destination that matters. " - Marianne Williamson " Political propaganda seeks to affect the way people perceive the world in order to affect the way they behave. " - Marianne Williamson " It doesn’t take money to turn off the television and cultivate real bonding time. " - Marianne Williamson " Throughout my career I have been an advocate for women, in all aspects of their lives. " - Marianne Williamson " Martin Luther King said it was time to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of human civilization. I don’t think anyone is calling Martin Luther King a New Age woo-woo. " - Marianne Williamson " One day I looked at something in myself that I had been avoiding because it was too painful. Yet once I did, I had an unexpected surprise. Rather than self-hatred, I was flooded with compassion for myself because I realized the pain necessary to develop that coping mechanism to begin with. " - Marianne Williamson " The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all. " - Marianne Williamson