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
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
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
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
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
I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them,… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Lots of my dying patients say they grow in bounds and leaps, and finish all the unfinished business. But assisting a suicide… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I was destined to work with dying patients. I had no choice when I encountered my first AIDS patient. I felt called… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth. — 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
