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David Whyte Quotes

A sure sign of a soul-based workplace is excitement, enthusiasm, real passion; not manufactured passion, but real involvement. And there’s very little fear Picture Quote #1

In Germany, they have great difficulty with anything that smacks of cultism or messianic leadership. You can’t talk about leadership in its charismatic forms Picture Quote #1

I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves Picture Quote #1

Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul’s break for freedom Picture Quote #1

Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone Picture Quote #1

Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous, is not necessarily to go anywhere or do anything except to make conscious those things we already feel deeply and then to live through the unending vulnerabilities of those consequences Picture Quote #1

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We 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, embodied voice we begin to remember again as our own Picture Quote #1

Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity Picture Quote #1

Absent the edge, we drown in numbness Picture Quote #1

What you can plan is too small for you to live. What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans enough for the vitality hidden in your sleep Picture Quote #1

Anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you Picture Quote #1

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation Picture Quote #1

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Genius is becoming something you were all along Picture Quote #1

The 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 Picture Quote #1

The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears Picture Quote #1

Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born Picture Quote #1

What you plan is too small for you to live Picture Quote #1

Eventually 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 do, we start to pay real attention. Just as people lost in the wilderness, on a cliff face or in a blizzard pay attention with a kind of acuity that they would not have if they thought they knew where they were. Why? Because for those who are really lost, their life depends on paying real attention. If you think you know where you are, you stop looking Picture Quote #1

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We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering Picture Quote #1

I returned to poetry as a more precise way to describe the world, more precise than science Picture Quote #1

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering Picture Quote #1

Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us Picture Quote #1

Some 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 many unknown realms that way Picture Quote #1

Art is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human Picture Quote #1

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I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love Picture Quote #1

To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others Picture Quote #1

It 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 life Picture Quote #1

The severest test of work today, is not of our strategies, but of our imaginations and identities Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you Picture Quote #1

To 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 accomplishing the task Picture Quote #1

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A sure sign of a soul-based workplace is excitement, enthusiasm, real passion; not manufactured passion, but real involvement. And there’s very little fear (David Whyte Quotes) In Germany, they have great difficulty with anything that smacks of cultism or messianic leadership. You can’t talk about leadership in its charismatic forms. (David Whyte Quotes) I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves (David Whyte Quotes) Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul’s break for freedom (David Whyte Quotes) Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone (David Whyte Quotes) Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous, is not necessarily to go anywhere or do anything except to make conscious those things we already feel deeply and then to live through the unending vulnerabilities of those consequences (David Whyte Quotes) We 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, embodied voice we begin to remember again as our own (David Whyte Quotes) Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity (David Whyte Quotes) Absent the edge, we drown in numbness (David Whyte Quotes) What you can plan is too small for you to live. What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans enough for the vitality hidden in your sleep (David Whyte Quotes) Anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you (David Whyte Quotes) Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation (David Whyte Quotes) Genius is becoming something you were all along (David Whyte Quotes) The 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 (David Whyte Quotes) The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears (David Whyte Quotes) Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born (David Whyte Quotes) What you plan is too small for you to live (David Whyte Quotes) Eventually 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 do, we start to pay real attention. Just as people lost in the wilderness, on a cliff face or in a blizzard pay attention with a kind of acuity that they would not have if they thought they knew where they were. Why? Because for those who are really lost, their life depends on paying real attention. If you think you know where you are, you stop looking (David Whyte Quotes) We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering (David Whyte Quotes) I returned to poetry as a more precise way to describe the world, more precise than science (David Whyte Quotes) The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering (David Whyte Quotes) Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us (David Whyte Quotes) Some 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 many unknown realms that way (David Whyte Quotes) Art is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human (David Whyte Quotes) I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love (David Whyte Quotes) To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others (David Whyte Quotes) It 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 life (David Whyte Quotes) The severest test of work today, is not of our strategies, but of our imaginations and identities (David Whyte Quotes) Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you (David Whyte Quotes) To 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 accomplishing the task (David Whyte Quotes)

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