Goodness Quote by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love?” quote by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin — Download Open image

“How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love?”

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.

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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

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“In the shadow of death may we not look back to the past, but seek in utter darkness the dawn of God.”

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The stars are laboratories in which the evolution of matter proceeds in the direction of large molecules.

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Each elect soul ... possesses God directly and finds in that unique possession the fulfillment of his own individuality.

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This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.

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