“ The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy of companionship. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The Indians around here tell a cautionary fable about a great saint who was always surrounded in his Ashram by loyal devotees. For hours a day, the saint and his followers would meditate on God. The o… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ So that's the final lesson, isn't it? When you set out in the world to help yourself, you inevitably end up helping- Tutti. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Silence and solitude are universally recognized spiritual practices, and there are good reasons for this. Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ She was not afraid of death, in theory. If anything, she had nothing but respect and reverence for the Genius of Death, who had shaped this world more than any other force. That said, she did not wish… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ One by one, the thoughts and memories of sadness raised their hands, stood up to identify themselves. I looked at each thought, at each unit of sorrow, and I acknowledged its existence and felt (witho… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Most of my writing life consist of nothing more than unglamorous, disciplined labor. I sit at my desk and I work like a farmer, and that's how it gets done. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ If you don't learn to travel comfortably alongside your fear, then you'll never be able to go anywhere interesting or do anything interesting. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I have no nostalgia for the patriarchy, please believe me. But what I have come to realize is that, when that patriarchic system was (rightfully) dismantled, it was not necessarily replaced by another… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I had to do something about my longing, so I got up, went to the kitchen in my nightgown, peeled a pound of potatoes, boiled them up, sliced them, fried them in butter, salted them generously and ate… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ He was lost in the cult of artistic suffering, but he called that suffering by another name: dedication. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ He showed me a sketch he'd drawn once during meditation. It was an androgynous human figure, standing up, hands clasped in prayer. But this figure had four legs, and no head. Where the head should hav… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Genetic randomness had already determined how much talent I’d been allotted, and destiny’s randomness would account for my share of luck. The only piece I had any control over was my discipline. Recog… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Culturally, though not theologically, I'm a Christian. I was born a Protestant of the white Anglo-Saxon persuasion. And while I do love that great teacher of peace who was called Jesus, and while I do… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the menta… Elizabeth Gilbert
