I have learned there is no joy without hardship. There is no pleasure without pain. Would we know the comfort of peace without the distress of war? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross More Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross More Quotes From Elisabeth Kubler-Ross How do the geese know when to fly to the sun? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross just-move-on geese sun I'm going to dance in all the galaxies. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross galaxy afterlife God, how I have wasted my life. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Free choice is the greatest gift God gives to his children. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross freedom giving children 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 pain long death People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is only seen if there is a light within. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach the winding driveway that led up to my house. The quiet of the night was more soothing than a sleeping pill. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross me simple night life 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 day understand time way When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were put in the last room, furthest away from the nurses' station. You were full of pain, but they wouldn't give you morphine. Nobody told you that you were full of cancer and that it was understandable that you had pain and needed medication. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross nobody you medical pain For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross me life death people According to my parents, I was supposed to have been a nice, churchgoing Swiss housewife. Instead I ended up an opinionated psychiatrist, author and lecturer in the American Southwest, who communicates with spirits from a world that I believe is far more loving and glorious than our own. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross parents nice believe world I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no death the way we understood it. The body dies, but not the soul. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross shadow soul death way Death is not painful. It is the most beautiful experience you will have. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross you experience beautiful death Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross us only love-is love