Nature Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

The beauty and variety of the natural world are merely the visible legacies of endless war.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Your father only has one foot on this earth. And really, really long legs . . .

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon?

— Elizabeth Gilbert

If I were going to have such a short visit on earth, I had to do everything possible to experience it now.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Her solitary nature means she needs a family to keep her from loneliness my gregarious nature means I will never have to…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“She’s got this ability to shut me up when I start fretting over metaphysical questions, such as, “What is the nature of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“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

It used to be that god was revealed in the wonders of nature; now God was being challenged by those same wonders.…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“only those who live in the wilderness can recognize the central truth of existence, which is that death lives right beside us…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have four legs, instead of two...But you…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life;…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I still can’t say whether I ever want children….I can only say how I feel now--grateful to be on my own. I…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“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

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

To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“If faith were rational, it wouldn't be - by definition - faith. Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

According to the mystics, this search for divine bliss is the entire purpose of a human life. this is why we all…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional trademark of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“In the end, I’ve come to believe in something I call the ‘physics of the quest’, a force in nature governed by…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Once upon a time, Aristophanes relates, there were gods in the heavens and humans down on earth. But we humans did not…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I've come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call "The Physics of The Quest" — a force of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life;…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Struggle was the explanation behind all the most troubling biological mysteries: species differentiation, species extinction, and species transmutation. Struggle explained everything”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“My hypersensitive awareness of time's speed led me to push myself to experience life at a maximum pace. If I were going…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“We are not alien visitors to this planet, after all but natural residents and relatives of every living entity here. This earth…

— Elizabeth Gilbert