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
death pain lessons
When you learn your lessons, the pain goes away.
notebook spiritual treasure
Paul Brunton's Notebooks are a veritable treasure-trove of philosophic-spiritual wisdom.
effort feelings suffering
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.
life strength mean
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.
death spring butterfly
Death is simply a shedding of the physical body, like the butterfly coming out of a cocoon. . . . It's like putting away your winter coat when spring comes.
death lessons clue
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.
war mean humanness-is
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.
afterlife galaxy
I'm going to dance in all the galaxies.
beauty beautiful appreciation
Beautiful people do not just happen
love death dream
When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies...I'm gonna play and dance and sing.
memories children real
Memories are the only real gifts we can leave our children.
age glad dies
Old age is not synonymous with being 'glad to die.
growth purpose life-is
Our only purpose in life is growth.
suicide cheating school
Lots of my dying patients say they grow in bounds and leaps, and finish all the unfinished business. But assisting a suicide is cheating them of these lessons, like taking a student out of school before final exams. That's not love, it's projecting your own unfinished business