Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.

The line urges an inward turn: by cultivating inner stillness—through quiet reflection, meditation, or simply pausing—one can hear a deeper intuition that is usually drowned out by noise, fear, and urgency. The second clause frames life events, including suffering and loss, as potentially meaningful rather than random or purely destructive. Read in light of Kübler-Ross’s broader concerns with dying, grief, and spiritual growth, the quote functions as counsel for resilience: silence becomes a way to metabolize pain and to locate purpose even when circumstances feel senseless. It also implies an ethical stance—patience, humility, and attentiveness—before judging one’s experiences as “wasted.”