Questions that have no right to go away are those that have to do with the person we are about to become; they are conversations that will happen with or without our conscious participation. David Whyte consciousconversationhappen 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
It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with: it is the mother of the thing you fear. David Whyte dealfearmother Change image and share on social
A sure sign of a soul-based workplace is excitement, enthusiasm, real passion; not manufactured passion, but real involvement. And there's very little fear. David Whyte baseenthusiasmexcitement Change image and share on social
Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom or understanding... The initial steps on the path to courageous speech then are the first tentative steps into the parts of us that cannot speak. David Whyte conveycourageousexude share on social
We learn, grow and become compassionate and generous as much through exile as homecoming, as much through loss as gain, as much through giving things away as in receiving what we believe to be our due. David Whyte compassionatedueexile share on social
If you've given away a sense of your own destiny, you need enormous amounts of hierarchy and protection within the structure to make up for what you've given away. David Whyte amountdestinyenormous Change image and share on social
Honesty is not found in revealing the truth, but in understanding how deeply afraid of it we are. To become honest is in effect to become fully and robustly incarnated into powerlessness. David Whyte afraiddeeplyeffect Change image and share on social
The great poems are not about experience, but are the experience itself, felt in the body. David Whyte bodyexperiencefelt Change image and share on social
Stop trying to change reality by attempting to eliminate complexity. David Whyte attemptchangecomplexity Change image and share on social
