"We are the only species on earth capable……" — David Whyte
"We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering."
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64 Quotes by David Whyte
David Whyte has 64 quotes on this site.
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There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When…
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Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and…
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Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain…
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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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Desire demands only a constant attention to the unknown gravitational field which surrounds us and from which we can recharge…
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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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Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
— Margaret Atwood
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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in…
— Charles Babbage
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My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must…
— Michelle Bachelet
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited…
— Douglas Adams
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
— Douglas Adams
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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
— Joseph Addison
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
— Joseph Addison
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
— Aphra Behn
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being…
— Tony Blair
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
— David Bohm
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