David Deida Quotes

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung.

Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.

If you love somebody, tell them.

I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.

Trust, love, what we call sexy, who we trust in a business situation, are all based on how open we are. Openness is bodily openness, muscular relaxation, heart openness as opposed to hiding behind some emotional wall, and spiritual openness, which is actually feeling so fully into the moment that there's no separation between you and the entire moment.

I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts?

Part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you.

I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And it’s not really marriage—not like the marriage you have with Cam—until he’s willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself.

We opened our hearts. Hear me, heal me, save me, believe me.

Until you can say what is most difficult for you to say, you cannot speak from your heart, live unafraid, create health, or receive support from others.

From the moment that you don't fear to share your heart, you are a free person.

Love opens my chest, and thought returns to its confines.

Keep an open heart. We are wired to find love.

To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.

Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited by the separateness of pity, nor by the fear of being overwhelmed. When we come to rest in the great heart of compassion, we discover a capacity to bear witness to, suffer with, and hold dear with our own vulnerable heart the sorrows and beauties of the world.

There is a part of me that is desperately wanting to not necessarily be this cute, endearing, heart-on-his-sleeve type of character that just wants to be liked.

Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.

faith, it seems to me, is not the holding of certain dogmas; it is simply openness and readiness of heart to believe any truth which God may show.

A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.

I wear my heart on my sleeve and live my life as openly and honestly as I can.

Look around. Take the tour. Fear hangs on the wall and shame sometimes. Emotional dislocation too. But I am brave in my admission. Are you? When no one is looking, I check to see if anyone seems as scared as me, or lonely, or shy, or insecure. Is it just me? I'm not so sure. Is your heart an onion too? Show me yours, I'll show you mine we used to say. Your turn. Peel away.

Life is too short for us to keep important words, for example, 'I love you', locked in our hearts.

My heart broke open and history fell in.

It would be good if you opened your heart to the fullness of time and spirit.

Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.