Our main source of psychic energy in the future will depend on our ability to understand this symbol of evolution in an acceptable context of interpretation. Only in the context of an emergent universe will the human project come to an integral understanding of itself. We must, however, come to experience the universe in its psychic as well as in its physical aspect. We need to experience the sequence of evolutionary transformations as moments of grace, and also as celebration moments in our new experience of the sacred.
Thomas BerryScientists have suddenly become aware of the magic quality of the Earth and the entire universe.
Thomas BerryThe success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special role that history has imposed upon them.
Thomas BerryWe are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension.
Thomas BerryEvery being has its own interior, its self, its mystery, its numinous aspect. To deprive any being of this sacred quality is to disrupt the total order of the universe. Reverence will be total or it will not be at all. The universe does not come to us in pieces any more than a human individual stands before us with some part of his/her being.
Thomas Berry