“With all respect to the Buddha and to the early Christian celibates, I sometimes wonder if all this teaching about nonattachment and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Education Copy Share Image
She followed the pleasure where it led. She had no weight, no name, no thoughts, no history. Then came a burst of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Behinds Copy Share Image
Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions. I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Breathing Copy Share Image
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 Judaism Copy Share Image
“In all of our lives, there are days that we wish we could see expunged from the record of our very existence.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
“But I love him." "So love him." "But I miss him." "So miss him. Send some love and light every time you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
A glorious failure can sometimes be more life affirming than a cautious win. — Elizabeth Gilbert Affirming Copy Share Image
Marriage is - among other things - a study in contradiction and disappointment, and inside that reality there is space for us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Contradiction Copy Share Image
I'm afraid many women do choose the wedding over the marriage. It seems a steep price to pay, but it comes from… — Elizabeth Gilbert Longing Copy Share Image
This person had arrived, he had illuminated her, he had ensorcelled her with notions of miracle and beauty, he had both understood… — Elizabeth Gilbert Accepted Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be the person that waited for a stranger to come to town - I wanted to be the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Persons Copy Share Image
We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality. — Elizabeth Gilbert Death Copy Share Image
“A parent is inexcusable who does not personally teach her child to think.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Children Copy Share Image
Marriage is a strange combination of dream and reality, and we spend our lives as couples trying to negotiate that divide. — Elizabeth Gilbert Combination Copy Share Image
“I've realized that one of the most unkind things I can do to somebody is to put them on a pedestal because… — Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Yesterday I might have been a glorious monument to somebody, true enough-but tomorrow I could be a fireworks depository. Even in the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Change Copy Share Image
Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. — Elizabeth Gilbert Masters Copy Share Image
“Like most humanoids, I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the "monkey mind"--the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Buddhism Copy Share Image
“A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Change your life Copy Share Image
“I slowly came to recognize individual monks within the crowds of interchangeable orange robes and shaved heads. There were flirtatious and daring… — Elizabeth Gilbert Shaved head Copy Share Image
Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around… — Elizabeth Gilbert Acting Copy Share Image
“but she was old, and old women do tend to get pushed aside at big gatherings—even when they have footed the bill… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Lapse saamine on umbes nagu oma näo tätoveerimine. Sa pead ikka raudselt kindel olema, et see on just see, mida sa tahad.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
