David Whyte Inspirational Quotations

What you plan is too small for you to live.

Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it over the centuries, we often find ourselves surrounded by bossy, hectoring voices trying to short-circuit our personal experience by super-imposing their own disappointments. Much of this bossiness masquerades as an education.

What we strive for in perfection is not what turns us into the lit angel we desire what disturbs and then nourishes has everything we need.

Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.

You must learn one thing. The world was made to be free in. Give up all the other worlds Except the one in which you belong.

The antidote to exhaustion isn't rest. It's wholeheartedness.

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 us from taking false directions. Not knowing what to do, we start to pay real attention. Just as people lost in the wilderness, on a cliff face or in a blizzard pay attention with a kind of acuity that they would not have if they thought they knew where they were. Why? Because for those who are really lost, their life depends on paying real attention. If you think you know where you are, you stop looking.