Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quote: It’s only when we truly know and understand...

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.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Select Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Source: Death: The Final Stage of Growth - 1975

When we have passed the tests we are sent to Earth to learn, we are allowed to graduate. We are allowed to shed our body, which imprisons our souls.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Source: The Wheel of Life - 1997

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. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Source: Death: The Final Stage of Growth - 1975