Paul Tournier

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

Paul Tournier

If there had been no fear of failure, neither would there be any joy in success.

Paul Tournier

Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids – all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.

Paul Tournier

Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life.

Paul Tournier

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

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

Paul Tournier

Most illnesses do not, as is generally thought, come like a bolt out of the blue. The ground is prepared for years through faulty diet, intemperance, overwork, and moral conflicts, slowly eroding the subject’s vitality.

Paul Tournier

No one can develop freely in this world and find a full life without feeling understood by at least one person.

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