Best Eat Pray Love Quotes

As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.

This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don’t have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down.

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.

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

Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

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.

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

But if you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and lovely) does eventually pass.

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.

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check.

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

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.

we must take care of our families wherever we find them.

Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be… a prudent insurance policy.

to travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.