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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There are only two emotions: love and fear. All positive emotions come from love, all negative emotions from fear.”

“Death is but a transition from this life to another existence where there is no more pain and anguish.”

“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.”

“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.”

“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.”

“When you learn your lessons, the pain goes away.”

“I'm not saying that dying is fun, but it can be a positive experience.”

“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.”

“We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice.”

“It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive.”

“I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I'm going home.”