The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds, one in which we go forward in spite of our fears.
Paul TournierMany ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life.
Paul TournierIt is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link...He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who feels understood feels loved, and one who feels loved feels sure of being understood.
Paul TournierWe are always looking for a grand program of action full of great ideas, when the thing is to begin by obeying the little ideas.
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 TournierThe experience of being in between-between the time we leave home and arrive๏ปฟ at our destination; between the time we leave adolescence and arrive at adulthood; between the time we leave doubt and arrive at faith. It is like the time when a trapeze artist lets go the bars and hangs in midair, ready to catch another support: it is a time of danger, of expectation, of uncertainty, of excitement, or extraordinary aliveness.
Paul Tournier