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The stars are laboratories in which the evolution of matter proceeds in the direction of large molecules.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1881
Born: May 1
Died: 1955
Died: April 10
Catholic Priest
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From an evolutionary point of view, man has stopped moving, if he ever did move.
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You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.
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