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Science, philosophy and religion are bound to converge as they draw nearer to the whole.
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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A breeze passes in the night. When did it spring up? Whence does it come? Whither is it going? No man knows.
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Not everything is immediately good to those who seek God but everything is capable of becoming good.
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The dog knows, but does not know that he knows.
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