At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.
Paul TournierMany ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life.
Paul TournierPeople are reluctant to talk about old age and death because they are afraid of emotion, and they willingly avoid the things they feel most emotional about, though these are the very things they most need to talk about.
Paul TournierThe price that has to be paid for finding truly personal life is a very high one. It is a price in terms of the acceptance of responsibility. And the awareness of responsibility inevitably leads either to despair or to confession and grace.
Paul Tournier