“Be very careful, warns this tale, not to get too obsessed with the repetition of religious ritual just for its own sake.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Religion Copy Share Image
I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy from most… — Elizabeth Gilbert Berlusconi Copy Share Image
“First spouses, I have learned, don't ever really go away--even if you aren't speaking to them anymore. They are phantoms who dwell… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
“I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said that God does not live in a dogmatic scripture… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
“It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather it is the institution of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Marriage Copy Share Image
“So, no, when I mention "tolerance", I'm not talking about learning how to stomach pure awfulness. What I am talking about is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
“If I – as a beneficiary of that exact formula – will concede that my own life was indeed enriched by that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Family Copy Share Image
“And even beyond the flaws, there are just some simple differences between Felipe and me that we will both have to accept.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Hand in hand 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
I won the argument against the knife that night, but barely. I had some other good ideas around that time--about how jumping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Argument Copy Share Image
“In any case, our love is not a typical love, as is typically felt between men and women. We share something else… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
“We are not alien visitors to this planet, after all but natural residents and relatives of every living entity here. This earth… — Elizabeth Gilbert Nature Copy Share Image
My restlessness makes me a far better day-to-day traveler than he will ever be. I am infinitely curious and almost infinitely patient… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better day Copy Share Image
“The philosopher Odo Marquard has noted a correlation in the German language between the word zwei, which means 'two,' and the word… — Elizabeth Gilbert Doubt Copy Share Image
“It’s a pity we cannot put an old head on young shoulders, or you could be wise, too. But someday you will… — Elizabeth Gilbert Pity Copy Share Image
Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
Then again, you cannot stop the flood of desire as it moves through the world, inappropriate though it may sometimes be. It… — Elizabeth Gilbert Calamity Copy Share Image
Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" - because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Books Copy Share Image
I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman. Maybe it's just… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I find these days that all I want for Rayya anymore—if you can be said to want anything for somebody who has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
“the Upanishads suggest that so-called chaos may have an actual divine function, even if you personally can't recognize it right now: "The… — Elizabeth Gilbert Chaos Copy Share Image
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
God isn't interested in watching you enact some performance of personality in order to comply with some crackpot notion you have about… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
“Human artistic expression is blessedly, refreshingly nonessential. That's exactly why I love it so much. [...] The fact that I get to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
“You have been to hell, Ketut?" He smiled. Of course he's been there. What's it like in hell?" Same like in heaven,"… — Elizabeth Gilbert Heaven and hell Copy Share Image
“Because the world is so corrupted, misspoken, unstable, exaggerated and unfair, one should trust only what one can experience with one's own… — Elizabeth Gilbert Italy Copy Share Image
“A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Break your heart Copy Share Image
“There will be two ships sailing, but you'll be on the Resolution, with Cook himself. Never put yourself in his way. Never… — Elizabeth Gilbert Advice Copy Share Image
I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional trademark of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Birthright Copy Share Image
So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Judaism 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
“Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Body image 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 Drug abuse Copy Share Image
“The only unforgivable crime is to cut short the experiment of one’s own life before its natural end. To do so is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Crime Copy Share Image
I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard… — Elizabeth Gilbert Chance Copy Share Image
“Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying, 'Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I am… — Elizabeth Gilbert Confidence Copy Share Image