C. Elizabeth Quotes

The thought of flight has melted me, I am less solid than liquid, then I'm going up and going invisible like steam.

Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.

We cannot transform what we refuse to engage

My life acccomplishments? Sanity, and you

To me the purpose of life is to enjoy it! It's to enjoy the gift, and to make sure that other people have an opportunity to enjoy the gift.

First we love within, then we love the world.

Rumi called his teacher "the friend." And that's what we need. We need friends.

I believe that educating people to awaken into full consciousness is the most important thing we can do.

You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year.

Love is the secret you unmask yourself to find; it is the foundation of the spiritual life, the destination where all roads of the journey lead.

We must pay attention to the voice that calls us out of the safety zone.

I've always been a huge fan of 'The Shining,' and 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite films of all time.

It is such a teaching in itself for us, all of us, every moment when we're with anyone.

Not only must we follow the golden thread towards spiritual freedom, but we must also unravel the garden-variety twine that is wrapped tightly around our hearts and minds.

The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy of companionship.

Look - I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined lunch?

Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time.

I'm going to let my friends in the other parties fight over the turf at the cutting edge of the status quo.

As human rights throughout the world continue to be abused, Raoul Wallenberg stands as a courageous example that should inspire us all.

Is Stephen Harper using the imagined fear of widespread security threats to score political points before the next election?

My inside self and my outside self used to match. A compass needle pointed true north. Now the needle spins around and around indicating the sad direction of nowhere.

That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

We each have all the time there is; our mental and moral status is determined by what we do with it.

Women are capable of enduring a tremendous amount of disappointment and still have a good life.

the health of the planet is affected by the health of every individual on it !

Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep.

Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth.

I entered beauty pageants in much the same spirit most people enter politics - with high ideals and ambitions. Similarly, I had to make some adjustments here and there along the way.

And how to paint your lovely hands, fluttering over the silks like two dark birds?

There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.

Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.

Reading has always been in the chief joy, a never-ending topic of conversation, and often a lifesaver, in my family.

We are all so much more complicated than we allow ourselves to appear.

True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.

Don't think to come over me with th' old tale, that the rich know nothing of the trials of the poor; I say, if they don't know, they ought to know.

Things... well, things suck sometimes. And sometimes you can fix it. And sometimes you can't. It's just the way it is.

And what if---what are you if the people who are supposed to love you can leave you like you're nothing?

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.

Within any drama in anyone's life, there's always a way to find the humor in it. Without humor no one cares about whatever drama is going on.

Solitary and farouche people don't have relationships; they are quite unrelatable.

I've always loved being a student.

As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.

a certain red cardinal sounded like a little bottle being filled up, up, up with some clear liquid.

Everything I've done in my life has been by instinct. I never had any doubt I could do anything... I always knew I was going to be a writer.

The spiritual law at the core of our being requires that we reach out. We are fulfilled to the extent that we live in relationships.