And now, as a germination of planetary dimensions, comes the thinking layer which over its full extent develops and intertwines its fibres, not to confuse and neutralise them but to reinforce them in the living unity of a single tissue.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinGrowing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinMan only progresses by slowly elaborating from age to age the essence and the totality of a universe deposited within him.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinLove is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinWe have reached a crossroads in human evolution where the only road which leads forward is towards a common passion. . . To continue to place our hopes in a social order achieved by external violence would simply amount to our giving up all hope of carrying the Spirit of the Earth to its limits.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin