“ I want to have a lasting experience of God, I told him. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I lose it because I get distracted by my petty desires and fears. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I believe that many modern women, my mother included, carry within them a whole secret New England cemetery, wherein they have quietly buried- in neat little rows- the personal dreams they have given… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I asked, You mean, you might as well spend your life going upward, through the happy places, since heaven and hell - the destinations - are the same thing anyway?Same - same, he said. Same in end, so… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I am more touched, still, that you are trying to understand - through rational thought - that which cannot be understood at all. The divine, as Boehme said, is unground, unfathomable, something outsid… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ For the entirety of my young and skittish life, I had fixated upon my fear as if it were the most interesting thing about me, when actually it was the most mundane. In fact, my fear was probably the o… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Fear is always triggered by creativity, because creativity asks you to enter into realms of uncertain outcome. This is nothing to be ashamed of. It is, however, something to be dealt with. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Do you want to study under the great teachers? Is that it? Well, you can find them anywhere. They live on the shelves of your library; they live on the walls of museums; they live in recordings made d… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ But it is my understanding that the health of the planet is affected by the health of every individual on it. As long as even two souls are locked in conflict, the whole of the world is contaminated b… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ And even beyond the flaws, there are just some simple differences between Felipe and me that we will both have to accept. He will never—I promise you—attend a yoga class with me, no matter how many ti… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Most of my prayers are expressions of sheer gratitude for the fullness of my contentment. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work l… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me. Oh, so Jesus, what a thought! You know that's the kind of thou… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Someday you will understand that nobody passes through this world without suffering—no matter what you may think of them and their supposed good fortune. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Remember what W. C. Fields had to say on this point: It ain’t what they call you; it’s what you answer to. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ You have now reached infatuation’s final destination—the complete and mercilessdevaluation of self. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ 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 God needs us. Because God loves to feel things through our hands. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ To know God, you need only to renounce one thing—your sense of division from God. Otherwise, just stay as you were made, within your natural character. Elizabeth Gilbert
