What we strive for David Whyte More Quotes by David Whyte More Quotes From David Whyte The moment you’ve uttered the exact dimensionality of your exile, you’re already turning towards home. David Whyte exilemomentshome Anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you. David Whyte alivedoe Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. David Whyte weighteaseconversation To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others. David Whyte visiblehumans Art is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human. David Whyte memorieslifeart To remember the other world in this world is to live in your true inheritance. David Whyte inheritanceother-worldsremember Put 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 seen the good in you at last. All the birds and creatures of the world are unutterably themselves. Everything is waiting for you. David Whyte cookingwaitingbird Honesty is reached through the doorway of grief and loss. David Whyte honestygriefloss The greatest tragedy is to live out someone else's life thinking it was your own. David Whyte tragedythinking Vulnerability is not a weakness but a faculty for understanding. David Whyte facultyweaknessunderstanding Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. David Whyte great-mistakesmistakedrama The severest test of work today, is not of our strategies, but of our imaginations and identities. David Whyte testsimaginationidentity We shape our self David Whyte shapesselfworld Heartbreak is how we mature... There is almost no path a human being can follow that does not lead to heartbreak. David Whyte maturepathdoe I returned to poetry as a more precise way to describe the world, more precise than science. David Whyte precisionwayworld What you plan is too small for you to live. David Whyte plansinspirational To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. David Whyte abandonedintimacydeny You'll always love the person, if you're sensible. But you get a lot of people, especially in divorces and separations, doing a lot of damage to themselves, because they can't figure out that they actually still love this person, but not in their original way. David Whyte divorcepeopleway There is no house like the house of belonging. David Whyte belonginghouse I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat. I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even the gods speak of God. David Whyte bitterpassionwant
