Stephen Levine Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.

  Stephen Levine

  Heart, Essence, Chinese

  Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2012). “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying”, p.69, Anchor

• Your 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 Levine

  Distance, Heart, Partners

• Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.

  Stephen Levine

  Heart, Hell

• When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as it seeks to beat in rhythm with the world.

  Stephen Levine

  Inspirational, Heart, Mind

  Stephen Levine (2005). “Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart”, p.8, Rodale

• Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25)

  Stephen Levine

  Heart, Son, Needs

• I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don't use their drying to bargain for a better seat at the table; indeed they may not even believe supper is being served. They are not storing up 'merit.'; They just smile because their heart is ripe. They are kind for no particular reason; they just love.

  Stephen Levine

  Atheist, Believe, Heart

• There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are closer to God, but I have met very few who could keep their heart open to their suffering enough for that to be true. (124)

  Stephen Levine

  Believe, Heart, Suffering

  Stephen Levine (2009). “A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last”, p.143, Harmony

• When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child.

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  Mother, Children, Pain

  Stephen Levine (2009). “A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last”, p.21, Harmony

• The mind creates the abyss. The heart crosses over it. Love is the bridge.

  Stephen Levine

  Heart, Love Is, Bridges

• Acting from the appropriateness of the heart, we are freed from the neediness of the mind.

  Stephen Levine

  Heart, Mind, Acting

  Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2010). “Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of Awakening”, p.154, Anchor

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