Paul Tournier quotes

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. (Paul Tournier)

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

Paul Tournier

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

Paul Tournier

Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual.

Paul Tournier

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

Paul Tournier

That is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life.

Paul Tournier

It is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link... He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who feels understood feels loved, and one who feels loved feels sure of being understood.

Paul Tournier

The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.

Paul Tournier

Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.

Paul Tournier

Paul Tournier

Occupation: Swiss Author
Born: May 12, 1898
Died: October 7, 1986
Quotes count: 9

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