Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ); 1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French idealist philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. He conceived the idea of the Omega Pointand developed Vladimir Vernadsky's concept of noosphere...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth1 May 1881
CountryFrance
unity age wish
The age of nations has passed. Now, unless we wish to perish, we must shake off our old prejudices and build the Earth. The more scientifically I regard the world, the less can I see any possible biological future for it except in the active consciousness of its unity.
suicide choices humanity
The day is not far distant when humanity will realize that biologically it is faced with a choice between suicide and adoration.
isolation blind alleys
Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence.
life love-is finals
A universal love is not only psychologically possible; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love.
love powerful energy
Love is the most powerful and still most unknown energy in the world.
science common evolution
That there is an evolution of one sort or another is now common ground among scientists. Whether or not that evolution is directed is another question.
inspirational helping-others self
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.
god faith peace
Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.
love together elements
Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.
moving matter spirit
Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.
spiritual human-experience humans
You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.
life love-is truth-is
The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe.
world may today
Today, something is happening to the whole structure of human consciousness. A fresh kind of life is starting. Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world are seeking each other, so that the world may come into being.
love spiritual pregnancy
Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.