Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Rosswas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth8 July 1926
CountryUnited States of America
love spiritual caring
The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.
death spiritual creativity
For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.
medicine suffering care
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.
death progress complaining
We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them.
grief feelings grace
Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in only as much as we can handle.
life doing-what-you-love soul
When you spend your life doing what you love to do, you are nourishing your Soul. It matters not what you do, only that you love whatever you happen to do.
love strength death
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.
acceptance self understanding
What is important is to realize that whether we understand fully who we are or what will happen when we die, it's our purpose to grow as human beings, to look within ourselves, to find and build upon that source of peace and understanding and strength that is our individual self. And then to reach out to others with love and acceptance and patient guidance in the hope of what we may become together.
death real choices
And after your death, when most of you for the first time realize what life here is all about, you will begin to see that your life here is almost nothing but the sum total of every choice you have made during every moment of your life. Your thoughts, which you are responsible for, are as real as your deeds. You will begin to realize that every word and every deed affects your life and has also touched thousands of lives.
how-to-love lessons learning-how-to-love
The ultimate lesson is learning how to love and be loved unconditionally
dancing half mixtures
I was educated in line with the basic premise: work work work. You are only a valuable human being if you work. This is utterly wrong. Half working, half dancing - that is the right mixture. I myself have danced and played too little.
life thank-you spiritual
There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.
taught patient dies
My patients taught me not how to die, but how to live.
problem no-problem
There is no problem that is not actually a gift.