89 Quotes by David Deida

Masculine and feminine aspects exist in all beings.

We’re here to learn how to worship consciousness and radiance, evoke it in each other, and tolerate nothing less than our deepest love.

One misunderstandin g is that if you do the right thing, then life’s storms will stop. If you do the right thing, the storms actually get bigger. This is because they know they can’t blow you down like they used to, and now it’s going to take a lot more energy to find out if you are conscious.

If knowing the truth is sufficient for you, then practice the art of philosophy. If only living the truth will suffice, then practice the art of love through your mind, your emotions, and your body.

Just remember that self-discipline is not self-suppression. Suppression is when you resist and fight against your desires, keeping them as buried and unexpressed as possible. Self-discipline is when your highest desires rule your lesser desires, not through resistance, but through loving action grounded in understanding and compassion.

We eventually learn that emotional closure is our own action. We can be responsible for it. In any moment, we can choose to open or to close.

Your fear is the sharpest definition of your self. You should know it. You should feel it virtually constantly. Fear needs to become your friend, so that you are no longer uncomfortable with it.

Nobody gives you faster feedback about your mediocrity than your woman.

As long as life continues, the creative challenge is to tussle, play, and make love with the present moment while giving your unique gift.