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 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 nothing enlightened
about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure
around you. We were 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.