For almost 25 years, Williamson’s quote has been consistently misattributed to Nelson Mandela. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,” Williamson writes in A Return to Love.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Your playing small does not serve the world." I was not long out of college when I first came upon these words by Marianne Williamson in A ...

However, her close friend, fellow spiritual teacher and activist Marianne Williamson ... (often misattributed to Nelson Mandela): Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.