"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.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's no thing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel
insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just
in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates
others."
by Marianne Williamson
from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, Harper Collins, 1992
This quote is often found on the Internet incorrectly credited to Nelson Mandela from his Inauguration
Speech, 1994, especially the last sentence of that quote, “As we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others." While Nelson Mandela used the quote often, it was quoted with
permission from his friend Marianne Williamson's book 'A Return to Love' .
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