David Deida Quotes

Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

It's what you feel, what is in your heart that matters most.

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by strong emotion, do we remember that it is our path? Can we feel the emotion and breathe it into our hearts for ourselves and everyone else? If we can remember to experiment like this even occasionally, we are training as a warrior. And when we can't practice when distracted but KNOW we can't, we are still training well. Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

I wasn't really testing it on myself as much as I was learning from other people about what it meant to live and love with your whole heart, and then thinking, oh my god, I'm not doing that.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love. Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action which produces further confusion, further misery. We fill our hearts with blueprints for world reform and do not look to that one resolving factor which is love.

My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend.

Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would rise and shine Should seek internal excellence to win. And though 'tis true that falsehood and despair Meet in my name, yet bear it still in mind That where they meet they perish. All is fair When they are gone and nought remains behind.

I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to perfect my imperfect nature.

Simply be the qualities you seek in others.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

Your honesty, Your love, Your compassion should come from your inner being, not from teachings and scriptures.

Happiness is not the end of life: character is.

Be grateful that your righteous life molds you so that you don’t fit where you don’t belong

Love is not a higher quality than truth.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you feel that rush. In the same way, I think the more you know about love, the more you can enjoy it. And knowing about your personality type, who you are and what kind of person you're dealing with gives you a great leg up.

Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.

There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.

There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important.

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.