“Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single.” IfsNeedsSelfTeachLoyaltyGreat MenRestraintMeeknessSelf RestraintForbearance Author:Paul Tournier
“People are reluctant to talk about old age and death because they are afraid of emotion, and they willingly avoid the things they feel most emotional about, though these are the very things they most need to talk about.” PeopleNeedsFeelsAgeEmotionEmotionalOld AgeReluctant Book:Learn to Grow Old Source: Learn to Grow Old
“At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.” NeedsFeelsHeartAcceptancePersonalityApprovalLovable 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 open his heart we have to give him time, asking only a few questions, as carefully as possible in order to help him better explain his experience.” NeedsGivingHeartLongHelpingOrderListeningAsking Book:To Understand Each Other Source: To Understand Each Other
“I am convinced that nine out of every ten persons seeing a psychiatrist do not need one. They need someone who will love them with God's love...and they will get well.” NeedsWellsPersonsSeeingTenConvincedNinePsychiatristGod's LoveGet Well Author:Paul Tournier
