At the extreme temperature occurring in the stars, matter can only survive in its most dissociated states. Only simple bodies exist on these incandescent stars. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin bodydissociateexist Change image and share on social
In each soul, God loves and partly saves the whole world which that soul sums up in an incommunicable and particular way. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin godincommunicablelove Change image and share on social
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 discoverenergyfire share on social
Humanity at the centre of the primates, Homo sapiens, in humanity, is the end-product of a gradual work of creation, the successive sketches for which still surround us on every side. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin centrecreationend Change image and share on social
Love in all its subtleties is nothing more, and nothing less, than the more or less direct trace marked on the heart of the element by the psychical convergence of the universe upon itself. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin convergencedirectelement Change image and share on social
If we are to be happy, we must first react against our tendency to follow the line of least resistance, a tendency that causes us either to remain as we are, or to look primarily to activities external to ourselves for what will provide new impetus to our lives. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin activityexternalfollow share on social
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin abilitydutyexist Change image and share on social
To discover and know has always been a deep tendency of our nature. Can we not recognize it already in caveman? Pierre Teilhard de Chardin cavemandeepdiscover Change image and share on social
However far back I go into my childhood, nothing seems to me more characteristic of, or more familiar in, my interior economy than the appetite or irresistible demand for some 'Unique all-sufficing and necessary reality.' Pierre Teilhard de Chardin appetitebackcharacteristic share on social
Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin arrangementcosmosdeep Change image and share on social