Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Jesuit Theologian French 1881 – 1955

Jesuit paleontologist; synthesized science and spirituality.

380 quotes

"The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source."
Justice
"Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward."
Inspiration
"Love is the affinity which links and draws elements of the world towards unity."
Love
"The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope."
Hope
"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."
Courage
"The day may come when science will study non-physical phenomena and realize that they are more important to mankind than its present science."
Science
"Union differentiates. In any domain, true union creates new beings."
Relationships
"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."
Love
"The truth of the whole is to be found in the history of all."
History
"Matter and energy are not things to fear but to understand and use."
Science
"Do not fear to be a voice crying in the wilderness."
Courage
"To love is to move into fire."
Love
"Nothing is lost in this world, everything is transformed."
Change
"The measure of your personal greatness is how you treat those who can do absolutely nothing for you."
Kindness
"The gift of Christ is that He shows us we are capable of more."
Faith
"Evolution is a light which illuminates all facts, a trajectory which all lines of thought must follow."
Science
"I believe that the greatest and noblest pleasure which we are capable of enjoying is conversation."
Friendship
"The true revolution is, ultimately, only possible in peace and through peace."
Peace
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."
Philosophy
"The function of life is to continue living."
Life
"The universe is a succession of events."
Nature
"What makes life worth living is love."
Love
"Passion is a powerful motivating force."
Motivation
"Knowledge is not something fixed, final, and dead. It is something growing and alive."
Knowledge
"The whole of life lies in the verb seeing."
Wisdom
"Death is the only pure, great certainty."
Death
"The human being is difficult to comprehend in his totality."
Philosophy
"Every atom of your flesh is made of stardust."
Nature
"Optimism is not an appraisal of the present condition of the world, a mere passive contentment with current conditions."
Hope
"The task of the modern era is to unite science with faith."
Faith