Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Death is staring too long into the burning sun and the relief of entering a cool, dark room. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
We run after values that, at death, become zero. At the end of your life, nobody asks you how many degrees you… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
“Birth is not a beginning and death is not an ending. They are merely points on a continuum.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Copy Share Image
It is very important that you only do what you love to do. you may be poor, you may go hungry, you… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies...I'm gonna play and dance and sing. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Death is simply a shedding of the physical body, like the butterfly coming out of a cocoon. . . . It's like… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
It is the denial of death that is partially responsible for people living empty, purposeless lives; for when you live as if… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
People after death become complete again. The blind can see, the deaf can hear, cripples are no longer crippled after all their… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
dying nowadays is more gruesome in many ways, namely, more lonely, mechanical, and dehumanized; at times it is even difficult to determine… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed if you stay focused, then… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
When we have passed the tests we are sent to Earth to learn, we are allowed to graduate. We are allowed to… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Grief is real because loss is real. Each grief has its own imprint, as distinctive and as unique as the person we… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is cause for celebration, death… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Death is not painful. It is the most beautiful experience you will have. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Death is staring too long into the burning sun and the relief of entering a cool, dark room. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were put in… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
“La única finalidad de la vida es crecer. La lección última es aprender a amar y a ser amados incondicionalmente.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Copy Share Image
“We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order… — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Copy Share Image
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
“The reality is people have always died in large numbers in natural disasters such as avalanches, earthquakes, and tornadoes.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Copy Share Image
Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
We run after values that, at death, become zero. At the end of your life, nobody asks you how many degrees you have, or… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are raised in… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery lies. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image