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Stephen Levine was an American poet, born on July 17, 1937, and passed away on January 17, 2016. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and philosophical insights, and has been beloved by readers worldwide.

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Famous Stephen Levine Quotes

“Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of awareness.”

Feelings Grief Healing Quality Sadness Awareness Profound Depth Threshold

Book:Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying

Source: Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying

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

Pain Grief Compassion Pity Touch Someone

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“Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a world where everything is impermanent.”

World Spiritual Natural Loss Common Grief Emotion Response Innate Daily Experience

Book:Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart

Source: Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart

“Loss is the absence of something we were once attached to. Grief is the rope burns left behind, when that which is held is pulled beyond our grasp.”

Left Loss Grief Behinds Absence Rope Left Behind

Book:Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart

Source: Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart

About the Author

Born: July 17, 1937
Died: January 17, 2016
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 88

Books & Sources

Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious DyingRelated source material

A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your LastRelated source material

A Gradual AwakeningRelated source material

Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of AwakeningRelated source material

Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the HeartRelated source material

Healing into Life and DeathRelated source material

Geleitete Meditationen.Related source material

Guided Meditations, Explorations and HealingsRelated source material

Meetings at the edge: dialogues with the grieving and the dying, the healing and the healedRelated source material

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