"A sense of the universe, a sense of the all, the nostalgia which seizes us when confronted by nature, beauty, music - these seem to be an expectation and awareness of a Great Presence."
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955) was a French Jesuit priest, philosopher, and paleontologist whose innovative ideas sought to harmonize science and spirituality. Born in Orcines, France, Teilhard's unique perspective emerged from his extensive studies in geology and biology, culminating in his belief in the evolutionary process as a divine manifestation. His seminal works, including "The Phenomenon of Man," continue to inspire contemporary discussions on the intersection of faith and science, marking him as a pivotal figure in 20th-century thought and a visionary voice for future generations.
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"Death surrenders us totally to God: it makes us enter into him; we must, in return, surrender ourselves to death with absolute love and self-abandonment since, when death comes, all we can do is to surrender ourselves completely to the domination and guidance of God."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"Death is acceptable only if it represents the physically necessary passage toward a union, the condition of a metamorphosis."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."
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 leaving together to go on and on; it is impossible. To go beyond a certain point is to return to where you began."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin"Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin"If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinions. There are a good many points about which I may be diffident, but when it comes to questions of Truth and intellectual independence, there is no holding me - I can envisage no finer end than to sacrifice oneself for a conviction."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"Religion and science are the two conjugated faces or phases of one and the same complete act of knowledge - the only one which can embrace the past and future of evolution and so contemplate, measure and fulfil them."
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"Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution."
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"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 solid rocks, as we now know, perpetual transformation of a mineral species."
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 least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"At the age when other children, I imagine, experience their first 'feeling' for a person, or for art, or for religion, I was affectionate, good, and even pious: by that I mean that under the influence of my mother, I was devoted to the Child Jesus."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin