“ You don't have to live like this because people tell you it's the only way. You're not handcuffed to your culture! Elizabeth Gilbert
“ You can resist the seductions of grandiosity, blame, and shame. You can support other people in their creative efforts, acknowledging the truth that there’s plenty of room for everyone. You can measur… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ You can clear out whatever obstacles are preventing you from living your most creative life, with the simple understanding that whatever is bad for you is probably also bad for your work. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ 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 people. Do not protest; it is true. I am not condemning you. I was as se… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ You are an idealist, which means that you are destined to be disappointed, and perhaps even wounded. You seek a gospel of benevolence and miracle, which leaves no room for the sorrows of existence. Yo… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ You are always digging in the past or poking at the future, but rarely do you rest in this moment. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ You already know so much more than you think you know. You are not finished; you are merely ready. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Yoga, in Sanskrit, can be translated as union. It originally comes from the root word yuj, which means to yoke, to attach yourself to a task at hand with ox-like discipline. And the task at hand in yo… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Yoga is to find union - between mind and body, between the individual and her God, between our thoughts and the source of our thoughts, between teacher and student.. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Work with all your heart, because—I promise—if you show up for your work day after day after day after day, you Elizabeth Gilbert
“ With each reunion (we) had to learn each other all over again. There was always that nervous moment at the airport when I would stand there waiting for him to arrive, wondering, Will I still know him?… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time? Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Who the hell do you think you are? your darkest interior voices will demand. It’s funny you should ask, you can reply. I’ll tell you who I am: I am a child of God, just like anyone else. I am a consti… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Where did you get the idea you aren't allowed to petition the universe with prayer? You are part of this universe, Liz. You're a constituent--you have every entitlement to participate in the actions o… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ When asked how he could tell the difference, the saint said that you can only tell which is which by the way you feel after the creature has left your company. If you are appalled, he said, then it wa… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ When I refer to creative living, I am speaking more broadly. I'm talking about living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ When I don’t know what I’m doing, I look like I don’t know what I’m doing.When I’m excited or nervous, I look excited or nervous. And when I am lost, which is frequently,I look lost. My face is a tran… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ What you produce is not necessarily always sacred, I realized, just because you think it’s sacred. What is sacred is the time that you spend working on the project, and what that time does to expand y… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ What does any of that have to do with the quiet glory of merely making things, and then sharing those things with an open heart and no expectations? I Elizabeth Gilbert
