Neither the Christian attitude of love for all mankind nor humane hopes for an organized society must cause us to forget that the 'human stratum' may not be homogeneous. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin attitudechristianforget Change image and share on social
Religion, born of the earth's need for the disclosing of a god, is related to and co-extensive with not the individual man, but the whole of mankind. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin beardiscloseearth Change image and share on social
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin commitcrimegrow Change image and share on social
Historically, the stuff of the universe goes on becoming concentrated into ever more organized forms of matter. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin concentrateformhistorically Change image and share on social
Being happy is a matter of personal taste. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin happymatterpersonal Change image and share on social
To be Catholic is the only way of being fully and utterly Christian. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin catholicchristianfully Change image and share on social
I give the name of cosmic sense to the more or less confused affinity that binds us psychologically to the All which envelops us. The existence of this feeling is indubitable, and apparently as old as the beginning of thought... The cosmic sense must have been born as soon as man found himself facing the forest, the sea and the stars. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin affinityapparentlybear share on social
I am not enough of a mathematician to be able to judge either the well-foundedness or the limits of relativity in physics. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin foundednessjudgelimit Change image and share on social
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 christianconfinedraw Change image and share on social
Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin beingcapablecomplete Change image and share on social