I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your longing.

- David Whyte

It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a lovely, merciful thing to …

- David Whyte

Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take.

- David Whyte

We withdraw not to disappear, but to find another ground from which to see; a solid ground from which to step, and from which to speak again, in a di…

- David Whyte

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 di…

- David Whyte

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

- David Whyte

I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves.

- David Whyte

Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous, is not necessari…

- David Whyte

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

- David Whyte