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> [People 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/people-are-reluctant-to-talk-about-old-age-and-death-because-they-are/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

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## More by Paul Tournier

> [God leads us step by step, from event to event. Only afterward, as we look back over the way we have come and reconsider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/god-leads-us-step-by-step-from-event-to-event-only-afterward-as-we/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [I am convinced that nine out of every ten persons seeing a psychiatrist do not need one. They need someone who will love them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/i-am-convinced-that-nine-out-of-every-ten-persons-seeing-a/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/many-ordinary-illnesses-are-nothing-but-the-expression-of-a-serious/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [What happens then is like what happens when we separate a jigsaw puzzle into its fuve hundred pieces: The over-all picture disappears. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/what-happens-then-is-like-what-happens-when-we-separate-a-jigsaw/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/the-most-tragic-consequence-of-our-criticism-of-a-man-is-to-block-his/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [Your manner of life now is already determining your life in those years of old age and retirement, without your realizing it even, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/your-manner-of-life-now-is-already-determining-your-life-in-those/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/acceptance-of-one-s-life-has-nothing-to-do-with-resignation-it-does/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [God's favorites, especially God's favorites, are not immune from the bewildering times when God seems silent. Where there is no longer any opportunity for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/god-s-favorites-especially-god-s-favorites-are-not-immune-from-the/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [In order to really understand, we need to listen, not reply. We need to listen long and attentively. In order to help anybody to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/in-order-to-really-understand-we-need-to-listen-not-reply-we-need-to/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/where-there-is-no-longer-any-opportunity-for-doubt-there-is-no-longer/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/listen-to-all-the-conversations-of-our-world-between-nations-as-well/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/that-is-what-marriage-really-means-helping-one-another-to-reach-the/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/nothing-makes-us-so-lonely-as-our-secrets/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [“Now, we shall be able to judge the extent of the spiritual undernourishment if we look at all these movements from another angle: not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/now-we-shall-be-able-to-judge-the-extent-of-the-spiritual/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

> [No one can develop freely in this world and find a full life without feeling understood by at least one person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tournier/no-one-can-develop-freely-in-this-world-and-find-a-full-life-without/)

[Paul Tournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tournier/)

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