we have long and controversial discussions about whether patients should be told the truth — a question that rarely arises when the dying person is t… - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

We do things hopefully because they add life to our living, but not with the illusion they will help us escape death when our time comes.

«una vez que hemos hecho todo el trabajo que nos ha sido encomendado al enviarnos a la Tierra, se nos permite desprendernos del cuerpo, que nos aprisiona el alma como el capullo envuelve a la mariposa, y...» bueno, entonces la persona tiene la más maravillosa experiencia de su vida.

Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their senses and feelings to become numbed and indifferent, have emerged from their experiences with growth and humanness greater than that achieved through almost any other means.