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 Giving Copy Share Image
“Psychologists suggest that we must reach back at least three generations to look for clues whenever we begin untangling the emotional legacy… — Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth-gilbert Copy Share Image
“And when I pray, I shall ask the Lord in heaven whatever happened to my father's ethics - or did he never… — Elizabeth Gilbert Philosophy Copy Share Image
You have to get hurt. That's how you learn. The strongest people out there, the ones who laugh the hardest with a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Battle Copy Share Image
“sometimes the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else - Richard” — Elizabeth Gilbert Breakup Copy Share Image
“My friend Susan suggested that perhaps I should establish a not-for-profit relief organization called “Divorcées Without Borders.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Friendship Copy Share Image
“Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.” — Elizabeth Gilbert God Copy Share Image
“This realization frightened her and made her unable to sleep at night, which, in turn, frightened her more. She feared the restlessness… — Elizabeth Gilbert Unable to sleep Copy Share Image
Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. So that might be creativity, family, invention, adventure,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Adventure Copy Share Image
I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Circles Copy Share Image
“I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was… — Elizabeth Gilbert Book Copy Share Image
“This was simply not enough hours. This left far too many remaining hours free, and free hours were dangerous. Free hours created… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“No te disculpes por llorar. Sin sentimientos, no somos más que robots” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Part of the elasticity that you need, in order to continue to try to create, is the foregone conclusion that not all… — Elizabeth Gilbert Body Copy Share Image
What kind of dog is that?" I would always give the same answer: "She's a brown dog." Similarly, when the question is… — Elizabeth Gilbert Answers Copy Share Image
I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Century Copy Share Image
“The Buddha taught that most problems - if only you give them enough time and space - will eventually wear themselves out.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth-gilbert Copy Share Image
“Everyone makes their own path, and I must make mine. The Bhagavad Gita - and ancient Indian Yogic text - says that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Life 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 Benefits Copy Share Image
Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep. — Elizabeth Gilbert Dream Copy Share Image
You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Beautiful Copy Share Image
“So that's it. You have now reached infatuation's fial destination - the complete and merciless devaluation of self.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you” — Elizabeth Gilbert Courage Copy Share Image
“Alma's existence at once felt bigger and much, much smaller — but a pleasant sort of smaller. The world had scaled itself… — Elizabeth Gilbert Life Copy Share Image
“One year, Alma bought Prudence- who liked to draw flowers (beautifully, though not 'accurately')- a lovely book on botanical illustration called "Every… — Elizabeth Gilbert Books Copy Share Image
