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 TournierWoe to the man who tries to remain objective and to maintain a wide perspective: every one will label him as an enemy.
Paul TournierAt the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.
Paul TournierWhat happens then is like what happens when we separate a jigsaw puzzle into its fuve hundred pieces: The over-all picture disappears. This is the state of modern medicine: It has lost the sense of the unity of man. Such is the price it has paid for its scientific progress. It has sacrificed art to science.
Paul Tournier