Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quotes

How do the geese know when to fly to the sun?

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

There is no problem that is not actually a gift.

Fear and Guilt are the only enemies of man.

Every individual human being born on this earth has the capacity to become a unique and special person, unlike any who has ever existed before or ever will exist again.

Negativity can only feed on negativity.

We point to our unhappy circumstances to rationalize our negative feelings. This is the easy way out. It takes, after all, very little effort to feel victimized.

"...All events are blessings given to us to learn from and therefore we should be grateful for the opportunity to grow and evolve into our best selves."

To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he refuses it, to be proud that he can do it on his own strength.

Mankind's greatest gift... is that we have free choice.

Even though I had a good income from my lectures, no one would give me a loan. The insanity almost drove me to sympathize with the feminist movement.

I always say that death can be one of the greatest experiences ever. If you live each day of your life right, then you have nothing to fear.

Paul Brunton's Notebooks are a veritable treasure-trove of philosophic-spiritual wisdom.

Grief will happen either as an open healing wound or a closed festering wound, either honestly or dishonestly, either appropriately or inappropriately. But emotions will be expressed.

People after death become complete again. The blind can see, the deaf can hear, cripples are no longer crippled after all their vital signs have ceased to exist.

Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.

If you are ready for mystical experiences, you have them.

When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies...I'm gonna play and dance and sing.

When you learn your lessons, the pain goes away.

The only incontrovertible fact of my work is the importance of life.

Our only purpose in life is growth.

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers.

Old age is not synonymous with being 'glad to die.

A woman needs to know about blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol. And she needs to know the kinds of things she can do to stay healthy.

I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery lies.

I'm going to dance in all the galaxies.

Death is the great transition.

Free choice is the greatest gift God gives to his children.

God, how I have wasted my life.

Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed if you stay focused, then you learn your lessons.

Memories are the only real gifts we can leave our children.

Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.

I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no death the way we understood it. The body dies, but not the soul.

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose.

To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he refuses it to be proud that he can do it on his own strength.

There are no mistakes no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

I believe we are solely responsible for our choices and we have to accept the consequences of every deed word and thought throughout our lifetime.