So many things which once had distressed or revolted him the speeches and pronouncements of the learned, their assertions and their prohibitions, their refusal to allow the universe to move all seemed to him now merely ridiculous, non-existent, compared with the majestic reality, the flood of energy, which now revealed itself to him: omnipresent, unalterable in its truth, relentless in its development, untouchable in its serenity, maternal and unfailing in its protectiveness.

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a 19th-century French philosopher and jesuit priest. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. was a French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic, and teacher. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Faith — Reflections on belief, spirituality, and trust in the unseen

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