“Woe to the man who tries to remain objective and to maintain a wide perspective: every one will label him as an enemy.” MenTryingEnemyHe ManPerspectiveWideObjectivesLabelsWoe Author: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.” IfsMenImportantHappensLife IsMistakeStepsHe ManImportant ThingsErrorsObedienceThings In LifeAvoidance Book:Reflections: On Life's Most Crucial Questions Source: Reflections: On Life's Most Crucial Questions
“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 mechanisms of self justification and into his faults instead of freeing him from them. For him, our voice drowns the voice of God.” MenWaySelfVoiceGraceConsequenceCriticismFaultsBlockTragicMechanismJustificationHumiliationVoice Of GodSelf Justification 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 the state of modern medicine: It has lost the sense of the unity of man. Such is the price it has paid for its scientific progress. It has sacrificed art to science.” MenArtStatesHappensLostPiecesProgressModernHundredPaidMedicineUnityDisappearMedicalPuzzlesJigsawScientific ProgressModern MedicineJigsaw Puzzles Book:The Healing of Persons Source: The Healing of Persons
