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Them Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to…
- There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.
- You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other…
- I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your…
- What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of…
- I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.
- I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with…
- When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my…
- There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend…
- we must take care of our families wherever we find them.
- In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling devastated when they…
- So I stood up and did a handstand on my Guru's roof, to celebrate the notion of liberation. I felt the dusty tiles under my…
- I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain men—for certain people—to be able to provide their loved ones with material comforts and protection…
- My mother has made choices in her life, as we all must, and she is at peace with them. I can see her peace. She…
- We have hands; we can stand on them if we want to. That's our privilege. That's the joy of a mortal body. And that's why…
- I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women.
- Mostly you meet friends when traveling by accident, like by sitting next to them on the train, or in a restaurant, or in a holding…
- What Richard is talking about is instead admitting to the existence of negative thoughts, understanding where they came from and why they arrived, and then…
- Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see the truth, no matter…
- In every possible instance Saint Paul begged Christians to restrain themselves to contain their carnal yearnings to live solitary and sexless lives on earth as…
- The trick at every turn was to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival were punishingly slim, for…
- I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We have…
- Listen - of course money changes everything, but so does sunlight, and so does food: These are powerful but neutral energy sources, neither inherently good…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster