English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.

Elizabeth Gilbert

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that. James Dickey
To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked. Dirk Benedict
Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the indifferent heaven. T. E. Lawrence
Alphonse de Lamartine quote: "Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart."
Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart. Alphonse de Lamartine
So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime. Polly Toynbee
Denzel Washington quote: "My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate..."
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. Denzel Washington
Reading was my first solitary vice (and led to all others). I read while I ate, I read in the loo, I read in the bath. When I was supposed to be sleeping, I was reading. Germaine Greer
To free a man from error is not to deprive him of anything but to give him something: for the knowledge that a thing is false is a piece of truth. No error is harmless: sooner or later it will bring misfortune to him who harbours it. Therefore deceive no one, but rather confess ignorance of what you do not know, and leave each man to devise his own articles of faith for himself. Arthur Schopenhauer
Denis Leary quote: "Kathy Bates is sexy. It's partly because of her talent, but..."
Kathy Bates is sexy. It's partly because of her talent, but she's got a great face, and a great laugh. Denis Leary
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "I always grow poetic when I am lying to myself."
I always grow poetic when I am lying to myself. Ursula K. Le Guin
John Denver quote: "I've had a deep love affair with skiing for many years."
I've had a deep love affair with skiing for many years. John Denver
Anne Lamott quote: "Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help..."
Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you. Anne Lamott
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Nothing is more dangerous than solitude."
Nothing is more dangerous than solitude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Like most people, I can be very easily hurt."
Like most people, I can be very easily hurt. Joyce Carol Oates
My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way. Betty Cuthbert