“Grief is real because loss is real. Each grief has its own imprint, as distinctive and as unique as the person we lost. The pain of loss is so intense, so heartbreaking, because in loving we deeply connect with another human being, and grief is the reflection of the connection that has been lost. We think we want to avoid the grief, but really it is the pain of the loss we want to avoid. Grief is the healing process that ultimately brings us comfort in our pain.” ThinkingWantHumansPersonsHas BeensRealPainLostProcessHuman BeingsLossGriefHealingComfortUniqueReflectionConnectionsIntenseHeartbreakingDistinctiveHealing Process Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“Every individual human being born on this earth has the capacity to become a unique and special person, unlike any who has ever existed before or ever will exist again.” HumansPersonsEarthIndividualBornHuman BeingsSpecialUniqueCapacity Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“It is my conviction that it is the intuitive, spiritual aspects of us humans-the inner voice-that gives us the 'knowing,' the peace, and the direction to go through the windstorms of life, not shattered but whole, joining in love and understanding.” GivingHumansWholeSpiritualUnderstandingVoiceKnowingAspectConvictionIntuitiveJoiningShatteredInner VoiceJoining In Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are raised in such a hostile and violent environment, how can we hope for a harmonious future for all people of this world? In this light, the purpose of human life is to achieve our own spiritual evolution, to get rid of negativity, to establish harmony among our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual quadrants, to learn to live in harmony within the family, community, nation, ..treating all of mankind as brothers and sisters.” PeopleWorldHumansChildrenLightSpiritualLife IsPurposeNationsCommunityLeaderEnvironmentAchieveMankindThis WorldEmotionalBrotherEvolutionIntellectualHarmonyRaisedViolentHuman LifeCivilizedOur FutureNegativityBrothers And SistersHostileHarmoniousSexuallySpiritual Evolution Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“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.” IfsHumansLittlesLinesHuman BeingsHalfDancingValuableEducatedMixturesPremises Author: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.” PeopleLoveHumansMomentsDreamLightDeathNightFallStarsHuman BeingsMillionsForeverSkyDyingDisappearEndlessPeacefulDeath And DyingNight SkyDying DeathFlareBrief MomentsSomeone DyingShooting StarDying LoveHappy DeathLoved One DyingStained Glass WindowsFlare UpSomeone Who Is DyingDeath Star Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.” HumansEndsEarthDeathHuman BeingsDying Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown.” IfsKnowsHumansMovingDeathWomenVoiceSunBirdSeasonsMoving OnGeeseMigrantsTime To Move OnJust Move On Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“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.” HumansCareSufferingAsksHealthExerciseHealthyMedicineHumanitarianProfessionHealth CareDietsNurseHuman SufferingProlonging Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“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.” HumansLooksMayImportantSelfHappensTogetherPurposeDiesIndividualGrowsUnderstandingRealizingHuman BeingsAcceptanceSourcePatientGuidanceWho We AreReach OutLove And Acceptance Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
