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61 " If we could raise one generation with unconditional love, there would be no Hitlers. We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that they are responsible for their lives.Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear. "
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
62 " Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. "
63 " Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences. "
64 " It is very important that you only do what you love to do. You may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do. "
65 " My patients taught me not how to die, but how to live. "
66 " Lots of my dying patients say they grow in bounds and leaps, and finish all the unfinished business. But assisting a suicide is cheating them of these lessons, like taking a student out of school before final exams. That's not love, it's projecting your own unfinished business "
67 " But like it or not, change happens and, like most things in life, doesn't really happen /to us/ - it just happens. "
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living
68 " The will to save a life is not the power to stop a death. "
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
69 " You have to cry your own tears because no one can do it for you. "
70 " There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. "
71 " It is very important that you do only what you love to do. You may be poor, you may go hungry, you may live in a shabby place, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days, you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do. "
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , On Death and Dying
72 " As difficult as it is to endure, depression has elements that can be helpful in grief. It slows us down and allows us to take real stock of the loss. It makes us rebuild ourselves from the ground up. It clears the deck for growth. It takes us to a deeper place in our soul that we would not normally explore. "
73 " It might be helpful if more people would talk about death and dying as an intrinsic part of life just as they do not hesitate to mention when someone is expecting a new baby. "
74 " This time, I heard a loud voice, literally heralding the reality that my daughter was never coming back. This time the depression had no walls, ceiling, or floor. It felt even more endless than before and, once again, I had to deal with this old familiar guest. I learned the only way around this storm was through it.” • "
75 " 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. "
76 " Even when you are happy to see your friends again and laugh at their jokes, the relief is mixed with sadness and, maybe, guilt. It "
77 " I think it is cruel to expect the constant presence of any one family member (to tend to the ill). Just as we have to breathe in and breathe out, people have to "recharge their batteries" outside the sickroom at times, live a normal life from time to time; we cannot function efficiently in the constant awareness of illness. I have heard many relatives complain that members of the family went on pleasure trips over weekends or continued to go to the theater or movie. They blamed them for enjoying things while someone at home was terminally ill. I think it is more meaningful for the patient and his family to see that the illness does not totally disrupt a household or completely deprive all members of any pleasurable activities; rather, the illness may allow for a gradual adjustment and change toward the kind of home it is going to be when the patient is no longer around...The family too has a need to deny or avoid the sad realities at times in order to face them better when their presence is really needed. "
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― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying
79 " Life feels pointless. "
80 " Facing death means facing the ultimate question of the meaning of life. If we really want to live we must have the courage to recognize that life is ultimately very short, and that everything we do counts. "