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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying , where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief.

She was a 2007 inductee into the American National Women's Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of twenty honorary degrees and by July 1982 had taught, in her estimation, 125,000 students in death and dying courses in colleges, seminaries, medical schools, hospitals, and social-work institutions. In 1970, she delivered The Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality at Harvard University, on the theme, On Death and Dying.

✵ 8. July 1926 – 24. August 2004
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: 26 quotes26 likes

Famous Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes

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

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

As quoted in &quot; Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Messenger of Love https://books.google.com/books?id=3esDAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA2&amp;lpg=PA2&amp;dq=%22Yoga+Journal%22+Kronisch&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=B895e3lzeI&amp;sig=7V4uALc6CTiPrF02-cV8AAzsgbw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjM1enasPLSAhWs6oMKHbpyAbQQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Elisabeth%20Kubler-Ross%22&amp;f=false&quot; by Lennie Kronisch in Yoga Journal, Issue 11, November-December 1976, pp. 18-20 <br class="br">Context: Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from. There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: On Life After Death

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes about death

“Is war perhaps nothing else but a need to face death, to conquer and master it, to come out of it alive -- a peculiar form of denial of our mortality?”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“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.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

On Death and Dying (1969)

“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.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: Death: The Final Stage of Growth (1975), Ch. 2

“Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their senses and feelings to become numbed and indifferent, have emerged from their experiences with growth and humanness greater than that achieved through almost any other means.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: Death: The Final Stage of Growth (1975), Ch. 5

“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: On Death and Dying (1969), Ch. 9

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes about life

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

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

As quoted in Another Door Opens (2006) by Jeffrey A. Wands. p. 29

“We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: On Death and Dying (1969), Ch. 2

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes

“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.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

As quoted in The Leader's Digest : Timeless Principles for Team and Organization (2003) by Jim Clemmer, p. 84

“There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: Life Lessons

“There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“All events are blessings given to us to learn from.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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

“Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

On Death and Dying (1969)

“Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: Death: The Final Stage of Growth (1975), Ch. 6

“There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Source: On Death and Dying (1969), Ch. 2

“We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

As quoted in Voyage of Purpose : Spiritual Wisdom from Near-Death Back to Life (2011) by David Bennett and Cindy Griffith-Bennett, p. 6; also at the official site of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation http://www.ekrfoundation.org/quotes/

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