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“Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

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

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

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

Elizabeth Gilbert

Source: The Signature of All Things

“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.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

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

Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“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 book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

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

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

“the beauty of doing nothing”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Variant: The sweetness of doing nothing.
Source: Eat, Pray, Love

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

Elizabeth Gilbert

Source: The Signature of All Things

“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.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

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

Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“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.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

“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.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

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

Elizabeth Gilbert

Source: The Signature of All Things

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

Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“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.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love