David Whyte Professions : Poet Born : November 2, 1955 Browse All Authors Top 124 quotes by David Whyte Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth. David Whyte hear honesty truth relationship The ultimate lesson is that there is no immunity, no matter our age or the size of our retirement account, from going through constant cycles of integration and disintegration in which we are humbled and hopefully set to rights with the world again. David Whyte age matter retirement world If you've given away a sense of your own destiny, you need enormous amounts of hierarchy and protection within the structure to make up for what you've given away. David Whyte your own you destiny In the poetic tradition, the heart's affections are indeed holy, and if organizations are asking for people's hearts and minds, they are asking in a way for their holy and hidden affections at the same time. David Whyte tradition heart time people Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors