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Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity.
I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights but also devote myself to God.
What do you love doing so much that the words failure and success essentially become irrelevant?
The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy.
When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.
But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one’s life, is it so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovely meal? Or to learn how to speak a language for no higher purpose than that it pleases your ear to...
They flank me—depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don’t need to show their badges. I know these guys very well. . . .Then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there. Depression even confiscates my identity; but he always does that.
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The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life’s achievement.
Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.
A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner—continually and stubbornly bringing forth the jewels that are hidden within you—is a fine art, in and of itself.
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