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The future is more beautiful than all the pasts.

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
Geologist
Paleoanthropologist
Paleontologist
Philosopher
Scientific Collector
Theology
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P. Teilhard de Chardin
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He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.
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The whole life lies in the verb seeing.
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Reach beyond your grasp. Your goals should be grand enough to get the best of you.
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Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence.
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