Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Quotes


At the age when other children, I imagine, experience their first 'feeling' for a person, or for art, or for religion, I was affectionate, good, and even pious: by that I mean that under the influence of my mother, I was devoted to the Child Jesus.


Citations

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Heart of Matter. Translated by René Hague, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
  • Born: May 1, 1881
  • Died: April 10, 1955
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Philosopher

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. He was Darwinian in outlook and the author of several influential theological and philosophical books.