Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert is a bestselling author known for her memoir 'Eat, Pray, Love,' which explores themes of self-discovery and creativity.

Born
July 18, 1969
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"So I stood up and did a handstand on my Guru's roof, to celebrate the notion of liberation. I felt the dusty tiles under my hands. I felt my own strength and balance. I felt the easy night breeze on the palms of my bare feet. This kind of thing -- a spontaneous handstand--isn't something a disembodied cool blue soul can do, but a human being can do it. We have hands; we can stand on them if we want to. That's our privilege. That's the joy of a mortal body. And that's why God needs us. Because God loves to feel things through our hands."

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"Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don't need to show me thier badges. I know these guys very well."

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"Everything good I've ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up."

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"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous."

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"The love that moves the sun and the other stars."

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"If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand."

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"Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing."

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"To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful "magic skills" that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition"

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"And then, in that regal silence, finally - I began to meditate on (and with) God."

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"But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings."

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

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"Imagine that the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in the hub of the wheel - not out at the edges where all the wild whirling takes place, where you can get frayed and crazy. The hub of calmness - that's your heart. That's where God lives within you. So stop looking for answers in the world. Just keep coming back to that center and you'll always find peace."

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"So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly."

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"That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed."

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"Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water."

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"Bhuta ia, dewa ia. (Bali expression meaning Man is a demon, man is a god.)"

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"This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude."

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"Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling."

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"To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life."

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