“one of the reasons I was so free that year was because I was such a mess.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself. — Elizabeth Gilbert Balance Copy Share Image
Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Man, they got mosquitoes 'round this place big enough to rape a chicken.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've come to realize that the contemporary creative culture is not generating the best possible outcome. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path. — Elizabeth Gilbert Inspirational Copy Share Image
That's what we're all sort of trying to do in our lives - to make the simplest things work out the best. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place. — Elizabeth Gilbert Desire Copy Share Image
What a large number of factors constitute a single human being! How very many layers we operate on, and how very many… — Elizabeth Gilbert Body Copy Share Image
“But for me, to experience life through mere reason is to feel about in the dark for God’s face while wearing heavy… — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do… — Elizabeth Gilbert Eat love pray Copy Share Image
The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Contentment Copy Share Image
We have hands; we can stand on them if we want to. That's our privilege. That's the joy of a mortal body.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Body Copy Share Image
When it comes to women, get your life together first. Put on your own oxygen mask first. Figure out who you are.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“There was no better path to autonomy for an ambitious young businesswoman than to be married off to a respectable corpse.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth-gilbert Copy Share Image
“As I focus on diligent joy, I also keep remembering a simple idea my friend Darcey told me once -- that all… — Elizabeth Gilbert Contentment Copy Share Image
“We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and morality. We wrongly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Fear Copy Share Image
You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“We had more fun waiting in line together at the Department of Motor Vehicles than most couples have on their honeymoons. We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Couples Copy Share Image
“You see, I have never felt the need to invent a world beyond this world, for this world has always seemed large… — Elizabeth Gilbert Knowledge Copy Share Image
“I want to have a lasting experience of God', I told him. 'Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Desires Copy Share Image
“Never put away your labors while the sun is high, Alma, with the hopes of finding more hours to work tomorrow—for you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Hope Copy Share Image
“Then there was a pop-surprise bonus side order brought over by the waitress for free—a serving of fried zucchini blossoms with a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Food Copy Share Image
“I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do… — Elizabeth Gilbert Ability Copy Share Image
But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings. — Elizabeth Gilbert Body Copy Share Image
So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The beauty and variety of the natural world are merely the visible legacies of endless war. — Elizabeth Gilbert Beauty Copy Share Image
If you want to get to the castle, Groceries, you've got to swim the moat. — Elizabeth Gilbert Castles Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid. Don't be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“You learn to smile even in you liver?' 'Even in my lire, Ketut. Big smile in my liver.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Humorous Copy Share Image
You have the opposite of poker face. You have like.. miniature golf face. — Elizabeth Gilbert Faces Copy Share Image
One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Back off, Jack-I got four brothers protecting my ass,' and I just rode on by him” — Elizabeth Gilbert Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“Flexibility is just as essential for divinity as is discipline.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Discipline Copy Share Image
You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.” This” — Elizabeth Gilbert Wishbone Copy Share Image
“All the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Human life Copy Share Image
“Then he said, “Strange…,” which is something you never want to hear from either your palm-reader or your dentist.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image