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> [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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## 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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