Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

Her books have sold over 10 million copies. Publications
Living in the Light: A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation (1985)
Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life (1987)
Contacting Your Inner Guide: Step-By-Step Guided Meditations Designed to Help You Make Choices That Are Right for You (1989)
Return to the Garden (1989)
Awakening: A Daily Guide to Conscious Living (1991)
Every Moment: A Journal with Affirmations (1992)
Meditations: Creative Visualization and Meditation Exercises to Enrich Your Life (1992)
The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World (1993)
Making Sense of Your Dollars: A Biblical Approach to Wealth (1995)
The Four Levels of Healing: A Guide to Balancing the Spiritual Mental Emotional and Physical Aspects of Life (1996)
Creative Visualization Meditations (1996)
Creating True Prosperity(1997)
Creative Visualization and Transformation (1997)
Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship (2000)
Create Your Own Affirmations: A Creative Visualization Kit (2003)
The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams (2003)
Living in the Light: Follow Your Inner Guidance to Create a New Life and a New World (2011). Gawain and her husband Jim Burns divide their time between California and Hawaii.

Shakti Gawain (born September 30 1948) is a New Age author and proponent of what Shakti Gawain calls "personal development". Her books have sold over 10 million copies.