“A friend took me to the most amazing place the other day. It's called the Augusteum. Octavian Augustus built it to house… — Elizabeth Gilbert Afraid of change Copy Share Image
“If faith were rational, it wouldn't be - by definition - faith. Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove… — Elizabeth Gilbert Belief Copy Share Image
“Here’s another example of the difference in our worldviews. A family in my sister’s neighborhood was recently stricken with a double tragedy,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A true soul mate is probably the most important person youll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My mother has made choices in her life, as we all must, and she is at peace with them. I can see… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents… — Elizabeth Gilbert America Copy Share Image
Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative… — Elizabeth Gilbert America Copy Share Image
“Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. And thank… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Of course, we all inevitably work too hard, then we get burned out and have to spend the whole weekend in our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hired to walk… — Elizabeth Gilbert Age Copy Share Image
Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accomplishment 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… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Wasn’t I proud of all we accomplished–the prestigious home in the Hudson Valley, the apartment in Manhattan, the eight phone lines, the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Every moment Copy Share Image
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then… — Elizabeth Gilbert Delight Copy Share Image
Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. So that might be creativity, family, invention, adventure,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Adventure Copy Share Image
You know, even I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Well, child, you may do whatever you like with your suffering,” Hanneke said mildly. “It belongs to you. But I shall tell… — 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 Art Copy Share Image
There's a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm trying to dismantle a stereotype that in order to live any kind of creative life, you have to be in torment… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around… — Elizabeth Gilbert Acting Copy Share Image
“At some point, as Richard keeps telling me, you gotta let go and sit still and allow contentment to come to you.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Business 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 Beauty Copy Share Image
Every woman deserves a man that can make her heart forget that it was ever broken. Even if these have been broken… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Alma's existence at once felt bigger and much, much smaller — but a pleasant sort of smaller. The world had scaled itself… — Elizabeth Gilbert Existence Copy Share Image
“When asked how he could tell the difference, the saint said that you can only tell which is which by the way… — Elizabeth Gilbert Business Copy Share Image
I promised Todd [Willingham] that I would attend the execution. ... It was impossible for me to go. I was incapable of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accidents Copy Share Image
“I slowly came to recognize individual monks within the crowds of interchangeable orange robes and shaved heads. There were flirtatious and daring… — Elizabeth Gilbert Monks Copy Share Image
“they filled her with the most astonishing sensation of synthesis-as though all the most disparate elements of her biography were at last… — Elizabeth Gilbert Heart Copy Share Image
“For a group of nationalist intellectuals much later in history to have sat down and decided that Dante’s Italian would now be… — Elizabeth Gilbert History Copy Share Image
“it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you ARE lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you've… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Once Henry had heard a crying noise at sea, and had seen a mermaid floating on the ocean's surface. The mermaid had… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The Hopi Indians thought that the world’s religions each contained one spiritual thread, and that these threads are always seeking each other,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Dark Copy Share Image
“I read today that all addiction is a form of misplaced worship. I get that. And I’ve certainly done that. I’ve mistaken… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
“The Buddha referred to married people as “householders.” He even gave clear instructions as to how one should be a good householder:… — Elizabeth Gilbert Buddha Copy Share Image
Up until the middle of the nineteenth century, men of science were all believers. Most of the great early English naturalists were… — Elizabeth Gilbert Believer Copy Share Image
Astonishingly, at some point, a sputtering torch was thrust into her hands. Alma did not see who gave it to her. She… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You have to get hurt. That's how you learn. The strongest people out there, the ones who laugh the hardest with a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Battle Copy Share Image
![“Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing nothing is the goal of all your work, the final accomplishment for which you are most highly congratulated. The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c5a/elizabeth-gilbert-131_accomplishment_il-bel-far-niente-means-the-beauty-of-do_1221011.jpg)
![“I promised Todd [Willingham] that I would attend the execution. ... It was impossible for me to go. I was incapable of that sort of travel. Sitting in a chair that long, driving to Huntsville just wouldn't have happened. ... I'm sure I would have been there. It's something I know. I would not have…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1e0/elizabeth-gilbert-131_accidents_i-promised-todd-willingham-that-i-would_2518659.jpg)
