Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes

A ship exists on the ocean, even if it sails out beyond the limits of our sight. The people in the ship have not vanished; they are simply moving to another shore.

There are dreams of love, life, and adventure in all of us. But we are also sadly filled with reasons why we shouldn’t try. These reasons seem to protect us, but in truth they imprison us. They hold life at a distance. Life will be over sooner than we think. If we have bikes to ride and people to love, now is the time.

L'amour est notre expérience du divin, de la sainteté sacrée. Il est la richesse qui se trouve autour de nous. C'est à nous de le prendre.

Are we all destined to die as failures? Just

Learning life's 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.

Your sorrow is the inevitable result of circumstances beyond your control,

You may also be angry with yourself that you couldn’t stop it from happening.

It may not be until our lives are challenged that we realize we don't want to live like this, and that we may not have forever to clear the water.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

If we see the past in a bad light, as lacking purpose or meaning, we plant the seeds that will grow into similar futures.

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.

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.

Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.

"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."

The 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.