Elizabeth Gilbert
American author whose 2006 memoir Eat Pray Love — a year-long journey through Italy, India, and Indonesia in search of pleasure, devotion, and balance — became one of the most-read and most-quoted spiritual memoirs of the twenty-first century, selling over twelve million copies in thirty languages and shaping a generation's understanding of contemplative travel, ashram life, and the contemporary spiritual journey. Born in 1969 in Waterbury, Connecticut, she has continued in Big Magic (2015) and other works to explore creativity as a spiritual practice and the relationship between fear, courage, and the creative life. She lives in New Jersey and remains one of the most distinctive voices on faith, devotion, and creative-life as spiritual practice in contemporary writing.
quotes in library
Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
101 quotes“The creative spirit is older than you. Trust it.”
“To make something is to participate in the universe's continual making.”
“Every artist is a beginner every morning.”
“In the work, the maker is also being made.”
“What is the work asking of you?”
“Inspiration is not yours alone. Inspiration is universal.”
“You are not the only one. The work is bigger than you.”
“Be done. Be done. Be done. The work calls for completion.”
“Disappointment is part of the path. Walk through it.”
“The creative life is the most spiritual life.”
“Trust the process. The process knows.”
“Fear has its place. Just don't let fear drive.”
“In the doing, the meaning arises.”
“You are not too late. You are right on time.”
“Every creator has a sacred duty to her work.”
“In the magic, what you give is what you receive.”
“There is something to be made through you. Make it.”
“In every spiritual journey, there is a moment of choosing yourself.”
“The pilgrimage of the heart is the only pilgrimage that matters.”
Explore More Teachers
Discover wisdom from 500+ spiritual teachers across all traditions.
Browse All Teachers