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 …

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