Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes

The idea that letting go may be positive can be difficult until we realize that much of life is supposed to be lived with ease. We are not supposed to be in situations where we are banging our heads against the wall.

Cuando éramos niños, si no cumplíamos la voluntad de los adultos, éramos castigados, y sin embargo, una educación afectuosa habría podido hacernos entrar en razón

Trying to find out who you are will lead you to the work you need to do, the lessons you need to learn. When our inner and outer beings are one, we no longer need to hide, fear, or protect ourselves. We see who we are as something that transcends our circumstances.

Cuando se aprende la lección, el dolor desaparece.

You are what you are, not your dis-ease, not what you do. Life is about being, not doing.

"Trying to find permanence is impossible, and we ultimately learn that there is no safety in trying to "keep" everything. And there is no safety in trying to prevent loss."

When we look back in time and study old cultures and ­people, we are impressed that death has always been distasteful to man and will probably always be

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.

There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.

We’re expected to go back to work immediately, keep moving, to get on with our lives. But it doesn’t work that way. 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

Life is unfair. Death is unfair.

El conocimiento va muy bien -le dije- pero el conocimiento solo no va a sanar a nadie. Si no se usa.

"When we ask someone "How old are you?" we are really asking them "What time are you?" We're trying to slap a frame of reference on the person by bringing the past into play.
When I find out how old you are, I know what memories you are likely to have. Depending on your age, you may know all about the Marshall Plan, Jackie O., the first moon walk, dial phones, disco, or DOS. I can call this information up in a friendly way, singing old Beatles songs with you. I can bring it back in a hostile way, thinking that you're a fool to have gotten caught up in "flower power." In either case, I'm not seeing you exactly as you are now. I'm judging by what I see as the sum of your past experiences."

La única manera como podemos encontrar la paz es dejar que el pasado sea el pasado.

En el interior de cada uno de nosotros hay una capacidad inimaginable para la bondad, para dar sin buscar recompensa, para escuchar sin hacer juicios, para amar sin condiciones.