"Desire demands only a constant attention to the……" — David Whyte
"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 breathing from the atmosphere of possibility itself. A life’s work is not a series of stepping-stones onto which we calmly place our feet, but more like an ocean crossing where there is no path, only a heading, a direction, which, of itself, is in conversation with the elements."
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64 Quotes by David Whyte
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We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering.
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Eventually we realize that not knowing what to do is just as real and just as useful as knowing what…
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Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever…
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What you plan is too small for you to live.
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Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.
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Art is the act of triggering deep memories, of what it means to be fully human.
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I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love.
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The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears
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The truth about our own modest contribution might immobilize us: much easier then, to tell ourselves a story about how…
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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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