For me, the real earth is that chosen part of the universe, still almost universally dispersed and in course of gradual segregation, but which is little by little taking on body and form in Christ. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin bodychoosechrist 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 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
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 abandonmentabsolutecompletely 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
What I cry out for, like every being, with my whole life and all my earthly passion, is something very different from an equal to cherish: it is a God to adore. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin adorecherishcry Change image and share on social
Everyone, no doubt, remains first and foremost a man of his own country and continues to draw from it his motive force. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin continuecountrydoubt Change image and share on social
Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come to being. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin driveforcefragment Change image and share on social