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Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

I’ve always been afraid of saying no to people because I don’t want them to be disappointed and dislike me Picture Quote #1

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one Picture Quote #1

But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings Picture Quote #1

When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are ‘What are you doing now?’ and ‘How are you going to beat that?’ And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you’re in battle against yourself Picture Quote #1

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else Picture Quote #1

The best we can do then, in response to our incomprehensible and dangerous world, is to practice holding equilibrium internally - no matter what insanity is transpiring out there Picture Quote #1

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Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I’m willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I’m willing to have more boring friends, who are sane Picture Quote #1

Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it’s more like love’s shady second cousin who’s always borrowing money and can’t hold down a job Picture Quote #1

The reality, certainly in my life, is that we all have love stories that go terribly wrong; we all have horribly broken hearts. And somehow we endure. We’re not destroyed by it Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t care less about evidence and proof and assurances. I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water Picture Quote #1

We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, drastic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality. To know God, you only need to renounce one thing - your sense of division from God Picture Quote #1

God isn’t interested in watching you enact some performance of personality in order to comply with some crackpot notion you have about how a spiritual person looks or behaves. We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, dramatic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality Picture Quote #1

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He looks at you like you’re someone he’s never met before, much less someone he once loved with high passion. The irony is, you can hardly blame him. I mean, check yourself out. You’re a pathetic mess, unrecognizable even to your own eyes Picture Quote #1

To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come and clean away dirty energy. Even smile in your liver Picture Quote #1

A woman’s place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching her husband cook dinner Picture Quote #1

This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don’t have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down Picture Quote #1

What happens and what you encounter, what you collide with - it’s so exciting and revealing about how much more interesting and tricky the universe is than we think in our daily lives Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to answer the call and you’re going to transform and you’re going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a big Austen reader. I wouldn’t say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot Picture Quote #1

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they’re meant to. My husband is a really fantastic cook. His mother is Italian and if you walk into our house, we assume you’re starving Picture Quote #1

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they’re meant to Picture Quote #1

Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort Picture Quote #1

Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to bring forth the state of peace that we each inherently posses merely by his presence in a room-this is divine power Picture Quote #1

When you want to do something creative and you want to do something new, you have to start with the thing that’s making you want to jump up out of bed in the morning Picture Quote #1

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How much do you love me?’ and Who’s in charge? ....these two questions of LOVE and CONTROL undo us ALL, trip us up and cause war, grief, and suffering. People follow different paths, straight or crooked, according to their temperament, depending on which they consider best, or most appropriate -- and all reach You, just as rivers enter the ocean Picture Quote #1

I think it’s wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that’s how it should be. But I don’t necessarily know that it’s the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss Picture Quote #1

I spent a week living as a man. Which was actually, I’m sorry to say, embarrassingly easy for me to do Picture Quote #1

Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It’s what you do with it that gives it flavor Picture Quote #1

I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn’t wake him to share in my distress Picture Quote #1

If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary and eternal life force that surges and ebbs around us all the time? Apparently not. Because we have stopped paying attention Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always been afraid of saying no to people because I don’t want them to be disappointed and dislike me. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are ‘What are you doing now?’ and ‘How are you going to beat that?’ And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you’re in battle against yourself. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) The best we can do then, in response to our incomprehensible and dangerous world, is to practice holding equilibrium internally - no matter what insanity is transpiring out there. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I’m willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I’m willing to have more boring friends, who are sane. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it’s more like love’s shady second cousin who’s always borrowing money and can’t hold down a job. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) The reality, certainly in my life, is that we all have love stories that go terribly wrong; we all have horribly broken hearts. And somehow we endure. We’re not destroyed by it. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I couldn’t care less about evidence and proof and assurances. I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, drastic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality. To know God, you only need to renounce one thing - your sense of division from God (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) God isn’t interested in watching you enact some performance of personality in order to comply with some crackpot notion you have about how a spiritual person looks or behaves. We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, dramatic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) He looks at you like you’re someone he’s never met before, much less someone he once loved with high passion. The irony is, you can hardly blame him. I mean, check yourself out. You’re a pathetic mess, unrecognizable even to your own eyes. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come and clean away dirty energy. Even smile in your liver. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) A woman’s place is in the kitchen...sitting in a comfortable chair, with her feet up, drinking a glass of wine and watching her husband cook dinner. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don’t have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) What happens and what you encounter, what you collide with - it’s so exciting and revealing about how much more interesting and tricky the universe is than we think in our daily lives. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) If you’re going to answer the call and you’re going to transform and you’re going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I’m not a big Austen reader. I wouldn’t say I dislike her, but if I had to choose between her and Eliot to bring to a desert island, it would definitely be Eliot. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they’re meant to. My husband is a really fantastic cook. His mother is Italian and if you walk into our house, we assume you’re starving. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they’re meant to. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to bring forth the state of peace that we each inherently posses merely by his presence in a room-this is divine power. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) When you want to do something creative and you want to do something new, you have to start with the thing that’s making you want to jump up out of bed in the morning. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) How much do you love me?’ and Who’s in charge? ....these two questions of LOVE and CONTROL undo us ALL, trip us up and cause war, grief, and suffering. People follow different paths, straight or crooked, according to their temperament, depending on which they consider best, or most appropriate -- and all reach You, just as rivers enter the ocean. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I think it’s wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that’s how it should be. But I don’t necessarily know that it’s the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I spent a week living as a man. Which was actually, I’m sorry to say, embarrassingly easy for me to do. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It’s what you do with it that gives it flavor. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn’t wake him to share in my distress. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes) If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary and eternal life force that surges and ebbs around us all the time? Apparently not. Because we have stopped paying attention. (Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes)

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