Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There's only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The six elements of her Fail Proof Broken-Heart Curing Treatment: "Vitamin E, get much sleep, drink much water, travel to a place… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“But I was always coming here. I though about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search for God, you revert from what attracts… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“What would I do if you never came here?' But I was ALWAYS coming here. I thought about one of my favorite… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You know, it’s the same thing as the question of free will and destiny, the question of creativity - you, the artist,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Destiny, I feel is also a relationship-a play between grace and willful self-effort. Half of it you have no control over, half… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is a theory that if you yearn sincerely enough for a Guru, you will find one. The universe will shift, destiny's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don’t you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“His spelling was several degrees beyond arbitrary, and his punctuation brought reason to sigh with unhappiness. But” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
