Bert Hellinger Quotes

Germany, Psychotherapist
December 16, 1925 – September, 19, 2019.

Anton Hellinger, known as Bert Hellinger, was a German psychotherapist associated with a therapeutic method best known as Family Constellations and Systemic Constellations. In recent years, his work evolved beyond these formats into what he called Movements of the Spirit-Mind. Several thousand professional practitioners worldwide, influenced by Hellinger, but not necessarily following him, continue to apply and adapt his original insights to a broad range of personal, organizational and political applications.

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
- Past
- Feelings
- Individual
The specific weight of the soul is equal to the sum of what has been dared.

Bert Hellinger
- Soul
- Risk
- Equal

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

Bert Hellinger
- Soul
- Made
- Greater
A person's greatness is that which makes him/her equal to others

Bert Hellinger
- Persons
- Greatness
- Equal
The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.

Bert Hellinger
- Joy
- Distress
- Criteria
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