"The really important thing in life is not……" — Paul Tournier
"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 step to correct his errors, whereas nothing will ever happen to him if he doesn't get going."
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33 Quotes by Paul Tournier
Paul Tournier has 33 quotes on this site.
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Life can become once more a grand adventure if we will surrender it to god. He brings one adventure to…
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Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life.
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The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge…
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Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids - all…
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We are always looking for a grand program of action full of great ideas, when the thing is to begin…
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In order to really understand, we need to listen, not reply. We need to listen long and attentively. In order…
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The price that has to be paid for finding truly personal life is a very high one. It is a…
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There are two things we cannot do alone. One is to be married and the other is to be a…
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I am convinced that nine out of every ten persons seeing a psychiatrist do not need one. They need someone…
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Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.
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The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely…
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The experience of being in between-between the time we leave home and arrive at our destination; between the time we…
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More Avoidance Quotes
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This weapon the atomic bomb has added an additional responsibility-or, better, an additional incentive-to find a sound basis for lasting…
— Leslie Groves
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Compulsion precedes morality, indeed morality itself is compulsion for a time, to which one submits for the avoidance of pain.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a…
— Louis C. K.
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Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance.
— Dan Greenburg
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We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors…
— Ihab Hassan
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In short, the greatest contribution to real security that science can make is through the extension of the scientific method…
— Edward Condon
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Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.
— Umar
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...probably the single-most concrete and substantive thing an American, young American, could do to lower our carbon footprint is not…
— Andrew Revkin
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Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not…
— Robert Staughton Lynd
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My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice…
— William Zinsser
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The obvious danger is that in some situations [denial] can lead to procrastination in seeking help or to avoidance of…
— Unknown Author
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We have two strategies for coping; the way of avoidance or the way of attention.
— Marilyn Ferguson
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