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What was previously only a centred surface became a centre. By a tiny 'tangential' increase, the 'radial' was turned back on itself and... took an infinite leap forward.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin The Phenomenon of Man (1955)

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Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come into being.

The Phenomenon of Man (1955)

The world can no more have two summits than a circumference can have two centres.

The Divine Milieu (1960)

A universal love is not only psychologically possible; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love.

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What paralyzes life is lack of faith and lack of audacity. The difficulty lies not in solving problems but expressing them.

At the heart of our universe, each soul exists for God, in our Lord.

The Divine Milieu (1960)

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