In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I think modern medicine has become like a prophet offering a life free of pain. It is nonsense. The only thing I… — Elisabeth Kubler-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 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
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
Mourning can go on for years and years. It doesn't end after a year, that's a false fantasy. It usually ends when… — 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
We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
We often assume that if we are good people we will not suffer the ills of the world. — 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
There are dreams of love, life, and adventure in all of us. But we are also sadly filled with reasons why we… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
If people would get in touch with their spirits, they would be able to heal, emotionally and physically. — 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
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed,… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
When we look back in time and study old cultures and people, we are impressed that death has always been distasteful to… — 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