Elizabeth Gilbert quotes

creative people always suffer from depression because we're so super sensitive and special? (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
Liz, you must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
The resting place of the mind is the heart. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and the Book of Common Prayer. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the human being's difficulty in coming to viruous balance with himself. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality. (Elizabeth Gilbert)
It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
Life's metaphors are God's instructions. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
The mosquitoes here are big enough to rape a chicken. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
My heart was broken so badly last time that it still hurts. Isn't that crazy? To still have a broken heart almost two years after a love story ends? View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
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. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
What kind of dog is that?" I would always give the same answer: "She's a brown dog." Similarly, when the question is raised, "What kind of God do you believe in?" my answer is easy: "I believe in a magnificent God. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
The culture of Rome just doesn't match the culture of Yoga, not as far as I can see. In fact, I've decided that Rome and Yoga don't have anything in common at all. Except for the way they both kind of remind you of the word toga. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
We're already separated that's official but there's still a window of hope left open that perhaps someday we could give things another try. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
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)
But if you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and lovely) does eventually pass. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert