“Grief is not a feeling but a skill - the skill that allows us to love fully in the face of loss.”

“Every symptom in our culture can be traced back to our inability to grieve well.”

— Francis Weller, In the Absence of the Sacred* (2020)

“Grief is praise. It is the way the heart acknowledges the beauty of what we have lost.”

— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow* (2015)

“The Earth is grieving, and our grief for the Earth is one way we can be in relationship with her …”

— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow* (2015)

“The village is where we learn to feel together, and feeling together is how we heal the world.”

— Francis Weller, Workshop teachings

“We live in a grief-illiterate culture, and this illiteracy is killing us and the planet.”

— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow* (2015)

“When we allow ourselves to feel the full impact of what we’re losing, we find the energy to protect …”

— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow (2015)