Psychology Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

35 Psychology quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert tackles the mind’s quirks with a blend of humor and honesty. Her thirty‑five observations shine a light on how curiosity, anxiety, and imagination intersect in our daily experience.

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“The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart.”

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The resting place of the mind is the heart.

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Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.

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You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.

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“must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the…

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From the most sacred ancient text of Yoga: Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding. I consider it as…

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“To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away…

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“The human mind, if dutifully trained, should be able to perform anything we ask of it. It is all just a matter…

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I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only…

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“Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding. I consider it as difficult to subdue as the wind.”

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“Your treasure - your perfection - is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the…

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The world needs women who stop asking for permission from the principal. Permission to live their lives as they deeply know they…

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Every try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best…

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“If you clear out all that space in your mind that you’re using right now to obsess about this guy, you’ll have…

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You know, even I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what…

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“When I sit in my silence and look at my mind, it is only questions of longing and control that emerge to…

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“The other day a monk told me, 'The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears…

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“This supreme lesson of karma (and also of Western psychology, by the way)-take care of the problems now, or else you'll just…

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I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to…

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I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard…

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When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a…

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As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act…

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“So Sofie and I have come to Pizzeria da Michele, and these pies we have just ordered -- one for each of…

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“Groceries, you need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you're gonna wear every…

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She followed the pleasure where it led. She had no weight, no name, no thoughts, no history. Then came a burst of…

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“Possessing a creative mind, after all, is something like having a border collie for a pet: It needs to work, or else…

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“Like most humanoids, I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the "monkey mind"--the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping…

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“Do you know what I believe, Miss Whittaker? Regarding your question on the origins of human compassion and self-sacrifice? I believe that…

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“Yoga is to find union - between mind and body, between the individual and her God, between our thoughts and the source…

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The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go

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“My mind was spinning around this inflaming and infuriating thought: Why can’t I be a normal person who does normal things like…

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The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise…

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You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a…

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As a writer, you always read in two minds: You read as a reader and you enjoy it, and you look at…

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I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what is that thing?…

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“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…

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Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.

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If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary…

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I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We…

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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…

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“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.”

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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…

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I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,…

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

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“His spelling was several degrees beyond arbitrary, and his punctuation brought reason to sigh with unhappiness. But”

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Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the…

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I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery.

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