Religion Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

Devotion is diligence without assurance

— Elizabeth Gilbert

If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I like it when science and devotion find places of intersection.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

We can change our wives,” he said. “We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Your home is that thing to which you can dedicate your energies with such singular devotion that the ultimate results become inconsequential,

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I've spent my entire life chasing wonder, and to me that word is synonymous with spirituality.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Religion is for those who don't want to go to hell, and spirituality is for those who have already been there.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I've always thought of my writing as a spiritual practice. But I think that fiction is the most supernatural kind of writing…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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

This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The Hopi Indians thought that the world’s religions each contained one spiritual thread, and that these threads are always seeking each other,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“But I was always coming here. I though about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions. I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Silence and solitude are universally recognized spiritual practices, and there are good reasons for this. Learning how to discipline your speech is…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Some people like to argue about God.” “Not necessary,” he said. “I have good idea, for if you meet some person from…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I wanted to experience both. I wanted worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. I wanted what the Greeks called kalos kai agathos, the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“But doesn't that make sense? That the infinite would be, indeed... infinite? That even the most holy amongst us would only be…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I’m tired of being a skeptic, I’m irritated by spiritual prudence and I feel bored and parched by empirical debate. I don't…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

He is only happy when he can maintain himself - mentally and spiritually - at the intersection between a vertical line and…

— 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

“The Indians around here tell a cautionary fable about a great saint who was always surrounded in his Ashram by loyal devotees.…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Culturally, though not theologically, I’m a Christian. I was born a Protestant of the white Anglo-Saxon persuasion. And while I do love…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Your job then, should you choose to accept it, is to keep searching for the metaphors, rituals and teachers that will help…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" - because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Be very careful, warns this tale, not to get too obsessed with the repetition of religious ritual just for its own sake.…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying, 'Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I am…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Religious ceremonies are of paramount importance in Bali ( an island, don't forget, with seven unpredictable volcanoes on it-you would pray, too).”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

My heart skipped a beat and then flat-out tripped over itself and fell on its face. Then my heart stood up, brushed…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I have good idea, for if you meet some person from different religion and he want to make argument about God. My…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert