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David Deida

(1958) Non-fiction Writer United States

106 quotes in 558 categories

David Deida urges you to press your lips against your fears, to kiss them instead of running away. He says men should stop waiting for security or approval and simply feel everything fully. He also talks about giving love without fear and letting go of the need to control.

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David Deida is a non-fiction writer from the United States, best known for The way of the superior man.

Quick Facts About David Deida

Born: March 18, 1958
Nationality: United States
Profession: Non-fiction Writer
Notable works: The way of the superior man

About David Deida

David Deida is an American author who writes about the sexual and spiritual growth of men and women. He has published ten books that have been translated into twenty‑five languages. Deida also conducts workshops on spiritual growth and intimacy and is a founding associate at the Integral Institute.

Quotes by David Deida

Every moment waited is a moment wasted…

Every moment

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You are either withholding your love in fear or giving your deepest gifts.

Fear

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Chronic dissatisfaction is how you sense that you are living a lie.

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Instant enlightenment is to give all your happiness away to others.

Buddhism

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Your every act can open hearts and minds.

Heart

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Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration.

Birthday

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Masculine and feminine aspects exist in all beings.

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Your suffering is shaped exactly by your refusal to open.

Inspirational

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The feminine in each of us longs for deeper love and tries to find it in intimate relationship, family, or friends.

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Stop hoping for a completion of anything in life... Do what you love to do, what you are waiting to do, what…

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Your heart knows the truth of openness and suffers the tense lie of your closure.

Closure

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If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.

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A fearful man who knows he is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn’t aware of his fear.

Fear

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The masculine in each of us struggles for greater freedom and tries to achieve it through financial, creative, or political challenges.

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“Learn to find humor in the unending emotional drama the feminine seems to enjoy so much.”

Comedy

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The only way to live free, the only way to live your life as an offering of love, is to feel everything…

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When you are in love with a man or a woman, the love you feel does not come from him or her;…

Art

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Whereas women are most turned on by a man's depth of presence, men are most turned on by a woman's radiance and…

Depth

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Your close men friends should be willing to challenge your mediocrity by suggesting a concrete action you can perform that will pop…

Action

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The superior man is not seeking fulfillment through work and woman, because he is already full. For him, work and intimacy are…

Bliss

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Praise is literal food for feminine qualities. If you want your woman to grow in her radiance health, happiness, love, beauty, power…

Depth

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The Feminine force of life is often too wise for the Masculine's need to know: The mysterious energy of the evolving cosmos…

Astronomy

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If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer. Every moment is the…

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The way a man penetrates the world should be the same way he penetrates his woman: not merely for personal gain or…

Depth

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“Your mission is your priority. Unless you know your mission and have aligned your life to it, your core will feel empty.…

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“By leaning just beyond your fear, you challenge your limits compassionately, without trying to escape the feeling of fear itself. You step…

Fear

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As you open yourself to living at your edge, your deepest purpose will slowly begin to make itself known. In the meantime,…

Circles

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Your woman knows your weaknesses better than anybody. She knows where you will falter and give up. She knows the degree of…

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“The way you relate to your woman’s chaos reflects the way you react to the chaos of the world. If you are…

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Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women. Feel what you want…

Clarity

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“Regardless of gender or sexual orientation, if you want to experience deep spiritual and sexual fulfillment, you must know your natural sexual…

Religion

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“You should always listen to your woman, and then make your own decision. If you choose to go with your woman’s suggestion…

Trust

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“It is honorable for a man to admit his fears, resistance, and edge of practice. It is simply true that each man…

Fear

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“Austerity means to eliminate the comforts and cushions in your life that you have learned to snuggle into and lose wakefulness. Take…

Birth and death

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“Enjoy Your Friends’ Criticism A man’s capacity to receive another man’s direct criticism is a measure of his capacity to receive masculine…

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“Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration. The same is true about every moment with your woman,…

Every moment

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“A happy woman is a woman relaxed in her body and heart: powerful, unpredictable, deep, potentially wild and destructive, or calm and…

Building walls

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“To help you remember the triviality of your daily tasks, interrupt your schedule with refreshers. These refreshers should cut to your core…

Task at hand

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“A woman often seems to test her man’s capacity to remain unperturbed in his truth and purpose. She tests him to feel…

Depth of love

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Stop waiting. Feel everything. Love achingly. Give impeccably. Let go.

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David Deida by topic

Love (37) Life (22) Men (21) Heart (19) Giving (14) Moments (13) Feminine (13) Time (11) Superior man (10) Masculine (10) Fear (10)