When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
For the personality, bankruptcy or failure may be a disaster. For the soul, it may be grist for its strangely joyful mill,… — David Whyte Bankruptcy Copy Share Image
Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step.… — David Whyte Communication Copy Share Image
Enough. These few words are enough If not these few words, this breath If not this breath, this sitting here This opening… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The outlaw is the radical, the one close to the roots of existence. The one who refuses to forget their humanity and,… — David Whyte Existence Copy Share Image
Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
If I don't have time for the writing, it's because I'm not making that time. It's really just a question of whether… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
