“Destiny, I feel is also a relationship-a play between grace and willful self-effort. Half of it you have no control over, half… — Elizabeth Gilbert Destiny Copy Share Image
“If you clear out all that space in your mind that you’re using right now to obsess about this guy, you’ll have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Psychology Copy Share Image
“I am more touched, still, that you are trying to understand - through rational thought - that which cannot be understood at… — Elizabeth Gilbert Faith Copy Share Image
I tried to reassure him with every line about how the world is hard and unfair sometimes, but that it's all OK… — Elizabeth Gilbert Buried Copy Share Image
Offer it up personally,then. Right now. I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Answers Copy Share Image
I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success… — Elizabeth Gilbert Behinds Copy Share Image
“I find these days that all I want for Rayya anymore—if you can be said to want anything for somebody who has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Asking Copy Share Image
I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman. Maybe it's just… — Elizabeth Gilbert Chickens Copy Share Image
“There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" - because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Books Copy Share Image
“the Upanishads suggest that so-called chaos may have an actual divine function, even if you personally can't recognize it right now: "The… — Elizabeth Gilbert Chaos Copy Share Image
God isn't interested in watching you enact some performance of personality in order to comply with some crackpot notion you have about… — Elizabeth Gilbert Behave Copy Share Image
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Every day Copy Share Image
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
“A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Break your heart Copy Share Image
“Because the world is so corrupted, misspoken, unstable, exaggerated and unfair, one should trust only what one can experience with one's own… — Elizabeth Gilbert Italy Copy Share Image
“There will be two ships sailing, but you'll be on the Resolution, with Cook himself. Never put yourself in his way. Never… — Elizabeth Gilbert Advice Copy Share Image
I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional trademark of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Birthright Copy Share Image
“Human artistic expression is blessedly, refreshingly nonessential. That's exactly why I love it so much. [...] The fact that I get to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Art Copy Share Image
“You have been to hell, Ketut?" He smiled. Of course he's been there. What's it like in hell?" Same like in heaven,"… — Elizabeth Gilbert Heaven and hell Copy Share Image
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Change your life 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
“So, no, when I mention "tolerance", I'm not talking about learning how to stomach pure awfulness. What I am talking about is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
“It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather it is the institution of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Marriage Copy Share Image
I won the argument against the knife that night, but barely. I had some other good ideas around that time--about how jumping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Argument Copy Share Image
“In any case, our love is not a typical love, as is typically felt between men and women. We share something else… — Elizabeth Gilbert Love Copy Share Image
“And even beyond the flaws, there are just some simple differences between Felipe and me that we will both have to accept.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Hand in hand Copy Share Image
“If I – as a beneficiary of that exact formula – will concede that my own life was indeed enriched by that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Family Copy Share Image
I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addresses Copy Share Image
“The philosopher Odo Marquard has noted a correlation in the German language between the word zwei, which means 'two,' and the word… — Elizabeth Gilbert Doubt Copy Share Image
“We are not alien visitors to this planet, after all but natural residents and relatives of every living entity here. This earth… — Elizabeth Gilbert Nature Copy Share Image
My restlessness makes me a far better day-to-day traveler than he will ever be. I am infinitely curious and almost infinitely patient… — Elizabeth Gilbert Better day Copy Share Image
Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn… — Elizabeth Gilbert Addiction Copy Share Image
Then again, you cannot stop the flood of desire as it moves through the world, inappropriate though it may sometimes be. It… — Elizabeth Gilbert Calamity Copy Share Image
“It’s a pity we cannot put an old head on young shoulders, or you could be wise, too. But someday you will… — Elizabeth Gilbert Pity Copy Share Image
I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bigs Copy Share Image
“I took on my depression like it was the fight of my life, wich of course, it was. I became a student… — Elizabeth Gilbert Bad behavior Copy Share Image
I am far more of a loner than people would imagine. But I am the most gregarious and socially interactive loner you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Adore Copy Share Image
“Autoritativno, poput liječnice, na prste je nabrojala šest sastavnica pouzdane terapije za slomljeno srce: Vitamin E, mnogo spavati, piti mnogo vode, otputovati… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In the modern industrialized Western world, where I come from, the person whom you choose to marry is perhaps the single most… — Elizabeth Gilbert Choices Copy Share Image