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

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

— 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)