Elizabeth Gilbert: Trending quotes (page 11)

“you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead.”

“Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.”

“Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams.”

“To be prosperous and happy in life, Henry, it is simple. Pick one woman, pick it well, and surrender.”

“Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding.”

“It may be that same-sex couples will save the institution of marriage.”

“It might have been done before, but it hasn’t been done by you!”

“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.”

“Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself.”

“the beauty of doing nothing”

“A parent is inexcusable who does not personally teach her child to think.”

“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.”

“Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. The rest of it will take care of itself.”

“That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole.”

“But the very fact that this world is so challenging is exactly why you sometimes must reach out of its jurisdiction for help, appealing to a higher authority in order to find your comfort.”

“To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position.”

“You don’t need to conduct autopsies on your disasters.”

“I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run you down in the end.”

“My face is a transparent transmitter of my every thought.”