Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quote: I say to people who care for people...

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them – you don’t even have to talk. You don’t have to do anything but really be there with them.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Source: On Death and Dying, 1969

There is no joy without hardship. If not for death, would we appreciate life? If not for hate, would we know the ultimate goal is love? At these moments you can either hold on to negativity and look for blame, or you can choose to heal and keep on loving.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Source: The Wheel of Life - 1997