“ In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respo… Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ God is not remote from us. He is at the point of my pen, my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle - and my heart and thoughts. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate one another. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ From a purely positivist point of view, man is the most mysterious and disconcerting of all the objects met with by science. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ The pagan loves the earth in order to enjoy it and confine himself within it the Christian in order to make it purer and draw from it the strength to escape from it. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ Love is a sacred reserve of energy it is like the blood of spiritual evolution. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ The mineral world is a much more supple and mobile world than could be imagined by the science of the ancients. Vaguely analogous to the metamorphoses of living creatures, there occurs in the most sol… Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life - I don't mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at… Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ Have you ever thought how humiliating and distressing it was to be placed upon a sphere? For friendship it is a boon never to be able to be further apart than the antipodes. But suppose that you are l… Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ We have but one permanent home: heaven - that's still the old truth that we always have to re-learn - and it's only through the impact of sad experiences that we assimilate it. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“ Progressively saved by the machine from the anxieties that bound his hands and mind to material toil, relieved of a large part of his work and compelled to an ever-increasing speed of action by the de… Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
