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Elizabeth Gilbert quotes

American Novelist, Writer July 18, 1969

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Where am I getting the brain space to store these words? I'm hoping that maybe my mind has decided to clear out some old negative thoughts and sad memories and replace them with these shiny new words. Elizabeth Gilbert
The notion is that human beings are born, (as my Guru has explained many times,) with equivalent potential for both contraction and expansion. The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us, and then it's up to the individual (or the family, or the society) to decide what will be brought forth - the virtues or the malevolence. The madness of this planet is largely a result of human being's difficulty in coming into virtuous balance with himself. Lunacy (both... Elizabeth Gilbert
You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words. Elizabeth Gilbert
I remember saying once to my friend Susan, when my marriage was becoming intolerable, "I don't want my children growing up in a household like this." Susan said, "Why don't you leave those so-called children out of the discussion? They don't even exist yet. Why can't you just admit that you don't want to live in unhappiness anymore? Elizabeth Gilbert
I have good idea, for if you meet some person from different religion and he want to make argument about God. My idea is, you listen to everything this man say about God. Never argue about God with him. Best thing to say is, 'I agree with you.' Then you go home, pray what you want. This is my idea for people to have peace about religion. Elizabeth Gilbert
Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that any separation will now cause a lacerating injury. Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to..."
Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy. Elizabeth Gilbert
What a large number of factors constitute a single human being! How very many layers we operate on, and how very many influences we receive from our minds, our bodies, our histories, our families, our cities, our souls and our lunches! Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment,..."
Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend. Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "whenever I would feel such happiness my guilt alarm went off"
whenever I would feel such happiness my guilt alarm went off Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Do I really deserve this pleasure? This is American, too-the..."
Do I really deserve this pleasure? This is American, too-the insecurity about whether we have earned our happiness." (62) Elizabeth Gilbert
Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope Elizabeth Gilbert
All I could say was, "I don't know what to do." I remember her taking me by the shoulders and looking me in the eye with a calm smile and saying simply, "Tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth. Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their..."
I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women. Elizabeth Gilbert
Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure. Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one.... This is the cause of that great sad American stereotype- the overstressed executive who goes on vacation, but who cannot relax. Elizabeth Gilbert

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