Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

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.

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.

I think that modern medicine has become like a prophet offering a life free of pain. It is nonsense. The only thing I know that truly heals people is unconditional love.

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

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

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.

All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

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.

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

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.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Our concern must be to live while we're alive ... to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.

The beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.

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

Religious patients seemed to differ little from those without a religion.

We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives.