Paul Tournier Quotes

Paul Tournier — Swiss Author born on May 12, 1898, died on October 07, 1986

Paul Tournier was a Swiss physician and author who had acquired a worldwide audience for his work in pastoral counseling. His ideas had a significant impact on the spiritual and psychosocial aspects of routine patient care, and he has been called the twentieth century's most famous Christian physician... (wikipedia)

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

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

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.

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

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

Paul Tournier Quotes

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