We speak continually of saving time, but time in its richness is most often lost to us when we are busy without relief. David Whyte busycontinuallylose Change image and share on social
I don't have an all-embracing vision which people have to buy. I'm simply trying to work with the struggles we all deal with every day while we're trying to live out our personal destinies and make a living at the same time. David Whyte buydaydeal share on social
A good poem brims with reflected beauty and even a bracing, beautiful ugliness. At the center of our lives, in the midst of the busyness and the forgetting, is a story that makes sense when everything extraneous has been taken away. David Whyte beautifulbeautybrace share on social
Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed. David Whyte breakchildchoose Change image and share on social
All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment. David Whyte artisticcontemplativedifficult share on social
One of the great difficulties as you rise up through an organisation is that your prior competencies are exploded and broken apart by the territory you've been promoted into: the field of human identity. David Whyte breakcompetencydifficulty share on social
Poetry carries the imagery which is large enough for the kind of life we want for ourselves. David Whyte carryimagerykind Change image and share on social
By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar. David Whyte definitiondynamicface Change image and share on social
In Germany, they have great difficulty with anything that smacks of cultism or messianic leadership. You can't talk about leadership in its charismatic forms. David Whyte charismaticcultismdifficulty Change image and share on social
A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want. David Whyte conversationinvitationinvite Change image and share on social