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Us Quotes by David Whyte
- 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…
- 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…
- Desire demands only a constant attention to the unknown gravitational field which surrounds us and from which we can recharge ourselves every moment, as if…
- 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…
- Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.
- Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to…
- What is precious inside us does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence.
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