Elizabeth Gilbert Ray Quotations

I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life.

There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and the Book of Common Prayer.

I am alone, I am all alone, I am completely alone. Grasping this reality, I let go of my bag, drop to my knees and press my forehead against the floor. There, I offer up to the universe a fervent prayer of thanks. First in English. Then in Italian. And then - just to get the point across - in Sanskrit.

One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.

The resting place of the mind is the heart.

Where did you get the idea you aren't allowed to petition the universe with prayer? You are part of this universe, Liz. You're a constituent--you have every entitlement to participate in the actions of the universe, and to let your feelings be known. So, put your opinion out there. Make your case. Believe me--it will at least be taken into consideration.

The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.

If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith.

I have more compassion than if I had led a life where everything worked out exactly as I had planned or if I had never been wounded or if I had never been betrayed or I had never been harmed. I don't think I would be as good a person.

The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go.

meditation vs prayer = listening vs talking

Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.

I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.

I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.

The mysterious magnet is either there, buried somewhere deep behind the sternum, or it is not.

There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

Whatever this feeling is - this is what I have been praying for. And this is also what I have been praying to.

Your tears are my prayers.

What worked yesterday doesn't always work today.

I share it here because something was about to occur on that bathroom floor that would change forever the progression of my life..what happened was that I started to pray.

It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment.

Most of all, I can choose my thoughts.

Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift.

You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.

The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement.

God dwells within you, as you.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.