Acting from the appropriateness of the heart, we are freed from the neediness of the mind.
Stephen LevineYour distance from your partner is the distance from your heart. The things that make relationships difficult are some of the most precious aspects to us.
Stephen LevineWe are so numb we don't even know what a direct experience is. We have an experience, then we think about it and we think the thinking about it is the experience.
Stephen LevineWhen your fear touches someoneโs pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someoneโs pain, it become compassion.
Stephen LevineThe process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again pick ourselves up, the lightness with which we dust ourselves off, the openness with which we continue and take the next unknown step, beyond our edge, beyond our holding, into the remarkable mystery of being.
Stephen Levine