Quotes By Author: 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.”

“The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love.”

“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.”

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

“You have told me, O God, to believe in hell. But you have forbidden me to think…of any man as damned”

“It doesn’t matter if the water is cold or warm if you’re going to have to wade through it anyway.”

“Above all, trust in the slow work of God.”

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”

“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.”