There's this great kind of spooky dance that happens that I can't access any other way. I think most of us are… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Every try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Women have always been more critical of marriage than men. The great mysterious irony of it is - at least it's the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments,… — 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… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In 1954, Pope Pius XI, of all people, sent some Vatican delegates on a trip to Libya with these written instructions: "Do… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We live in this society where you must constantly be reinventing yourself. The big question is what are you doing next. The… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The culture of Rome just doesn't match the culture of Yoga, not as far as I can see. In fact, I've decided… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Traveling is the great true love of my life... I am loyal and constant in my love of travel. I feel about… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water. — 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
They say that there are three kinds of people in the world. There are people who never learn one way or another… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I wanted to experience both. I wanted worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. I wanted what the Greeks called kalos kai agathos, the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the thing that I lost in myself when I stopped writing fiction and the thing that I rediscovered and started… — 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
