Quotes by : David Whyte

Stop trying to change reality by eliminating complexity.

Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.

Poetry carries the imagery which is large enough for the kind of life we want for ourselves.

One of the most beautifully disturbing questions we can ask, is whether a given story we tell about our....

It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer....

Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.....

In Germany, they have great difficulty with anything that smacks of cultism or messianic leadership.....

the lost sense that we play out our lives as part of a greater story

...wanting soul life without the dark, warming intelligence of personal doubt is like expecting an egg....

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face....