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Bert Hellinger Quotes

The Greater Soul moves in only one direction, and that is to bring into union that which has been made separate.

The Greater Soul moves in only one direction, and that is to bring into union that which has been made separate.

Bert Hellinger
Moving, One Direction, Soul

When the family has been brought into its natural order, the individual can leave it behind him while still feeling the strength of his family supporting him. Only when the connection to his family is acknowledged, and the person's responsibility seen clearly and then distributed, can the individual feel unburdened and go about his personal affairs without anything from the past weighing him down or holding him back.

Bert Hellinger
Responsibility, Past, Order

The specific weight of the soul is equal to the sum of what has been dared.

Bert Hellinger
Soul, Risk, Weight
Bert Hellinger (2002). “On Life and Other Paradoxes: Aphorisms and Little Stories from Bert Hellinger”, p.49, Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers

When I lived in South Africa, someone told me what the longest road in Africa is. It's not the road from Cairo to Capetown, it's the way from your head to your heart, and from there to the here and now.

Bert Hellinger
Heart, Way, Cairo

A person's greatness is that which makes him/her equal to others

Bert Hellinger
Greatness, Equal, Persons

Some think they are seeking their own soul's truth but the greater Soul is thinking and seeking through them

Bert Hellinger
Thinking, Soul, Greater

The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.

Bert Hellinger
Joy, Goodness, Criteria
Bert Hellinger, Gabriele Ten Hövel (1999). “Acknowledging what is: Conversations with Bert Hellinger”, p.162, Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers

In the beginning, I want to say something about human greatness. Some time ago, I was reading texts of Kungtse. When I read these texts, I understood something about human greatness. What I understood from his writings was: What is greatest in human beings is what makes them equal to everybody else. Everything else that deviates higher or lower from what is common to all human beings makes us less. If we know this, we can develop a deep respect for every human being.

Bert Hellinger
Reading, Writing, Greatness

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