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Life Quotes by Paul Tournier
- Life can become once more a grand adventure if we will surrender it to god. He brings one adventure to an end, only to open…
- Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life.
- 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,…
- Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids - all those things are scary. If…
- The price that has to be paid for finding truly personal life is a very high one. It is a price in terms of the…
- The really important thing in life is not the avoidance of mistakes, but the obedience of faith. By obedience, the man is led step by…
- Sickness may be the solemn occasion of God's intervention in a person's life.
- No one can develop freely in this world and find a full life without feeling understood by at least one person.
- 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…
- Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual.
- 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…
- Your manner of life now is already determining your life in those years of old age and retirement, without your realizing it even, and perhaps…
- 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…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle