I love this quote

I was watching a film called COACH CARTER on cable this morning. One of the characters threw out the following quote that just floored me - it's that fucking awesome.

" 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. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. [We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.]* It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. "

I found that it is by Marianne Williamson and the passage is from her book, A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles.

Just to note, A Course in Miracles is a spiritual learning program by Dr. Helen Schucman who claims to have dictated the course from Jesus. Normally, I'd find this ludicrous but it doesn't matter where the message comes from, it matters what the message says and if it's important and if it is something that will advance us.

* This part of the passage was taken out of the film's quote. Though I'm an atheist, the idea of God can be anything we want it to be, spiritually. It doesn't have to be what is assumed. It doesn't take away from the passage.