David WhyteGratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.373Reading
David Whyteand how we are all preparing for that abrupt waking, and that calling, and that moment we have to say yes, except it will not come so grandly, so Biblically, but more subtly and i… ▶364LoveTime
David WhyteAnything that does not bring you alive is too small for you.375Life
David WhyteTo be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others. ✨ The Conversational Nature of Reality. On Being with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. April … ▶376HumanityTruth
David WhyteWe are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering.355Thought
David WhyteEventually we realize that not knowing what to do is just as real and just as useful as knowing what to do. Not knowing stops us from taking false directions. Not knowing what to … ▶312HumanityLifeThought
David WhyteTo remember the other world in this world is to live in your true inheritance.312Truth
David WhyteAlertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity. ✨ David Whyte (2009). The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, p.50, Penguin378Love
David WhyteBeing young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it over the centuries, we often find ourselves surroun… ▶324HumanityLifeTruth
David WhytePut down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. Pay attention to everything in the world as if it's alive. Realize everything has its own discrete existence … ▶291Life
David WhyteHonesty is reached through the doorway of grief and loss. ✨ Courageous Conversations: An Interview with David Whyte. Interview with Kim Rosen, spiritualityhealth.com. Decemb… ▶336SadnessTruth
David WhyteWhether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.325Humanity
David WhytePut down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. The kettle is singing even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots have left their arrogant aloofness and s… ▶271Death
David WhyteThe truth about our own modest contribution might immobilize us: much easier then, to tell ourselves a story about how much we make our own reality.315Truth
David WhyteThere is no house like the house of belonging.315Reading
David WhyteTo forge an untouchable, invulnerable identity is actually a sign of retreat from this world; of weakness, a sign of fear rather than strength, and betrays a strange misunderstand… ▶327Truth
David WhyteTo seek out beauty in our work is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consummation of work lies not only in what we have done, but who we have become while … ▶305Death
David WhyteWe withdraw not to disappear, but to find another ground from which to see; a solid ground from which to step, and from which to speak again, in a different way, a clear, rested, … ▶251Death
David WhyteArt is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human.306Humanity
David WhyteThe price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears ✨ David Whyte (2007). The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, p.29, Crown Busi… ▶274Love
David WhyteInside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.242Reading
David WhyteIt is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human … ▶286HumanityLifeTime
David WhyteTo have a firm persuasion in our work - to feel that what we do is right for ourselves and good for the world at exactly the same time - is one of the great triumphs of human exis… ▶297HumanityLifeTime
David WhyteI want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love. ✨ David Whyte (2009). The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, p.60… ▶297Love
David WhyteWhat you plan is too small for you to live.254Humanity
David WhyteSome things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you are not going to explore man… ▶266Love
David WhyteThe ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone an… ▶279ReadingTime
David WhyteTo feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. ✨ David Whyte (2009). The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, p.50, Penguin202Love
David WhytePut down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. ✨ David Whyte (2009). The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship, p.51, Penguin224Time
David WhyteThere is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are in effect returning to the ground of our being.269LovePhilosophy
