Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying, where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief, also known as the “Kübler-Ross model”. Profoundly inspirational Elisabeth Kubler Ross quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
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Famous Elisabeth Kubler Ross Quotes
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
It is very important that you only do what you love to do. you may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
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 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 Kübler Ross
Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to. Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Today, in our shut up, get over it, and move on mentality, our society misses so much, it’s no wonder we are a generation that longs to tell our stories. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
The more you learn, the harder the lessons get. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
It is very important that you only do what you love to do. you may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do. Otherwise, you will live your life as a prostitute, you will do things only for a reason, to please other people, and you will never have lived. and you will not have a pleasant death. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
When someone is telling you their story over and over, they are trying to figure something out. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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
Your sorrow is the inevitable result of circumstances beyond your control. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elizabeth Kubler Ross
We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order to learn. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
We often tend to ignore how much of a child is still in all of us. 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 that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
Education makes you humble, it doesn’t make you proud. Elisabeth Kubler 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
The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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 Kubler Ross
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 Kubler Ross
Learn to get in touch with the 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
If we could raise one generation with unconditional love, there would be no Hitlers. We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that they are responsible for their lives. Elisabeth Kubler 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 Kubler Ross
You are worthy and lovable, just as you are, on your own. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
All events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elizabeth Kubler Ross
But intellect does not inform matters of the heart. Regrets. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
Forgive them if you need to. Elisabeth Kubler 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
So many ways, loss shows us what is precious, while love teaches us who. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
It is very important that you only do what you love to do. You may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do. Elisabeth Kübler 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. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
My patients taught me not how to die, but how to live. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
Live, so you do not have to look back and say God, how I have wasted my life. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
The more you learn, the harder the lessons get. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
The wholeness we seek lives here, with and within us, now, in reality. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
When someone is telling you their story over and over, they are trying to figure something out. Elisabeth Kübler 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
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 Kübler 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
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. Elizabeth Kübler Ross
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
We cannot look at the sun all the time, we cannot face death all the time. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
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. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
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
Your sorrow is the inevitable result of circumstances beyond your control. Elisabeth Kübler 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
Birth is not a beginning and death is not an ending. They are merely points on a continuum. Elisabeth Kübler 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
We often tend to ignore how much of a child is still in all of us. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
The truth does not need to be defended. 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
I only believe in what I see and hear with my own eyes and ears. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
You may also be angry with yourself that you couldn’t stop it from happening. Elisabeth Kübler Ross
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. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
