“The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Do I have the right to experience pleasure and peace? If so, what would bring me pleasure and peace?” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace. — 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
Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Pure, clean, void, tranquil, breathless, selfless, endless, undecaying, steadfast, eternal, unborn, independent, he abides in his own greatness,” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to bring forth the state of peace that we each inherently posses merely by his presence… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God. You take… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
This was not my moment to be seeking romance and (as day follows night) to further complicate my already knotty life. This… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But at some point you have to make peace with what you were given and if God wanted me to be a… — 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
“The other day a monk told me, 'The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Imagine that the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in… — 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
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image