Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be? — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But we are not what the other one needs, still he is certain that I will find great love in my life… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don't need to show me thier badges. I know these guys very well. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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 Copy Share Image
In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
the only thing you need to do for now is get some rest and take good care of yourself until you do… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and (I love this… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am not an expert at praying, as you know. But can you please help me? I am in desperate need 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 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 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
If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
They flank me - depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don't need to show their badges. I know these… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
He is only happy when he can maintain himself - mentally and spiritually - at the intersection between a vertical line and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Go back to bed', said the omniscient interior voice, because you don't need to know the final answer right now, at three… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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 Copy Share Image
I see women who have this struggle between what they know is right, what they know is necessary, what they know is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I decide every day that I love Creativity enough to accept that Fear will always come with it. And I talk to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You make some big grandoise decision about what you need to do, or who you need to be, and then circumstances arise… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses--one foot is on the horse called "fate," the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Creativity does not belong exclusively to professional artists and geniuses; it is the birthright of every single human being. Creativity is our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But why must everything have a practical application? I'd been such a diligent soldier for years - working, producing, never missing a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to do it - not real change, not soul change, not the painful molecular change required to truly become who… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is a theory that if you yearn sincerely enough for a Guru, you will find one. The universe will shift, destiny's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When Catherine told me about this (tragedy nearby), I could only say, shocked, "Dear God, that family needs grace." She replied firmly,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But I don't know how much more socializing I can do, Felipe. I only have the one dress. People will start to… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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 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
I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Here was something I already knew to be true about myself: Just as there are some wives who will occasionally need a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, drastic change of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
“His spelling was several degrees beyond arbitrary, and his punctuation brought reason to sigh with unhappiness. But” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share
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