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Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1881
Born: May 1
Died: 1955
Died: April 10
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Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.
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The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.
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The task for us now, if we are to survive, is to build the earth.
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