Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth. David Whyte Read Quote
Things have a way of being richer in the end, a product better made, for the circuitous route we take to include all the elements that are necessary for a job well done. David Whyte Read Quote
Sincere regret may be a faculty for paying attention to the future, for sensing a new tide where we missed a previous one, for experiencing timelessness with a grandchild where we neglected a boy of our own. David Whyte Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We’re moving toward the kind of work world which has less security. But we hope it has more creativity and possibility of real engagement. David Whyte Read Quote
It is difficult to be creative and enthusiastic about anything for which we do not feel affection. David Whyte Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The frail, vulnerable sounds of which we are capable seem to be essential to a later ability to roar like a lion without scaring everyone to death. David Whyte Read Quote
