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From Quotes by Paul Tournier
- 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,…
- The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into the…
- God leads us step by step, from event to event. Only afterward, as we look back over the way we have come and reconsider certain…
- 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…
- We are nearly always longing for an easy religion, easy to understand and easy to follow; a religion with no mystery, no insoluble problems,no snags;…
- That is what marriage really means; helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run…
- This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible beings who do not run away from…
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