The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
“Wanting to get married, for me, is all about a desire to feel chosen.” She went on to write that while the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Desire Copy Share Image
“The karmic philosophy appeals to me on a metaphorical level because even in ones lifetime it's obvious how often we must repeat… — Elizabeth Gilbert Karma Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly inventive. If you left me in а room and told me to write a novel, I wouldn't be able… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“When you are walking down the road in Bali and your pass a stranger, the very first question he or she will… — Elizabeth Gilbert Friendship Copy Share Image
A lot of [erotica] was really interestingly disguised in the 19th-century as medical journals. So it would be in the voice of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise… — Elizabeth Gilbert Argument Copy Share Image
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Change Copy Share Image
I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they can't find me and I can spend all day… — Elizabeth Gilbert All alone Copy Share Image
We all have love stories that go terribly wrong; we all have horribly broken hearts. And somehow we endure. We're not destroyed… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In the end, it seems to me that forgiveness may be the only realistic antidote we are offered in love, to combat… — Elizabeth Gilbert Desire Copy Share Image
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Aroma Copy Share Image
Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions. I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Breathing Copy Share Image
“The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In the search for God, you revert from what… — Elizabeth Gilbert Hope Copy Share Image
And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Polly was the same age as Alma, but daintier and startlingly beautiful. She looked like a perfect figurine carved out of fine… — Elizabeth Gilbert Beauty 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
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Change your life Copy Share Image
I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Which is - you know, like check it out, I'm pretty young, I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The results of my work don't have much to do with me. I can only be in charge of producing the work… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The trick at every turn was to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival were… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But… — Elizabeth Gilbert Around the world Copy Share Image
Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Age Copy Share Image
“I keep remembering one of my Guru's teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Around the world Copy Share Image
“My mind was spinning around this inflaming and infuriating thought: Why can’t I be a normal person who does normal things like… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
I am alone, I am all alone, I am completely alone. Grasping this reality, I let go of my bag, drop to… — Elizabeth Gilbert All alone Copy Share Image
When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I completely respect the ways people are bound in the lives that they have, whether it's because of forces outside of their… — Elizabeth Gilbert Care Copy Share Image
Maybe this is just some stupid romantic South American idea, but I need you to understand-darling, for you, I am even willing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Last spring, David had offered this crazy solution to our woes, only half in jest:... "What if we admitted that we make… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Students told me he was the most extraordinary man they'd ever encountered. He had seemed not quite of this world, they said.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Poetry Copy Share Image
What I object to is the hyper-fetishized wedding day, the prioritizing of wedding over marriage. I have a real problem with couples… — Elizabeth Gilbert Arrangements Copy Share Image
“The other day a monk told me, 'The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I'm more likely to offer them… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bartender Copy Share Image
So I stood up and did a handstand on my Guru's roof, to celebrate the notion of liberation. I felt the dusty… — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
“the patron god of children born on Thursdays is Shiva the Destroyer, and that the day has two guiding animal spirits--the lion… — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
“If I love you, you can have everything. You can have my time, my devotion, my ass, my money, my family, my… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In India, just so you know, May 3 is National Broken Hearts Day. And in Papua New Guinea, there exists a tribe… — Elizabeth Gilbert Broken hearts Copy Share Image
“The old cobbler had believed in something he called "the signature of all things"-namely, that God had hidden clues for humanity's betterment… — Elizabeth Gilbert Inspirational Copy Share Image
![“A lot of [erotica] was really interestingly disguised in the 19th-century as medical journals. So it would be in the voice of a learned doctor talking about somebody's pathologies. And then it would get really detailed. And then it would get really sweaty. And then you're like, "This isn't a…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1fd/elizabeth-gilbert-131_19th-century_a-lot-of-erotica-was-really-interestingl_1528847.jpg)
