Paul Tournier Quotes

Switzerland, Physician
May 12, 1898 – October, 7, 1986.

Paul Tournier (12 May 1898 – 7 October 1986) 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.

Also known as Author

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

Paul Tournier
- Live

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

Paul Tournier
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

Paul Tournier
- Lonely
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

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

Paul Tournier