Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quotes

‘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 those depths.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

‘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 Kubler-Ross

‘Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You’re not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you’re at peace with yourself. Learning life’s lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

‘Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

‘Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

‘The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-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, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

‘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.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

‘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 Kubler-Ross

‘The five stages – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross