Stephen Levine quotes

Stephen Levine was an American poet, author, and teacher known for his pioneering work in the field of death and dying. His teachings and books focused on mindfulness, meditation, and compassionate end-of-life care. He helped countless people find peace and transformation during life's most difficult moments. Here are 9 of his quotes:

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.

Stephen Levine

[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)

Stephen Levine

Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)

Stephen Levine

[D]on't cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go.... Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90)

Stephen Levine

Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74)

Stephen Levine

If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)

Stephen Levine

When your fear touches someone's pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someone's pain, it become compassion.

Stephen Levine

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

Stephen Levine