“In the presence of a reader of Teilhard De Chardin I feel disarmed, nonplussed, ready to break down in tears.”

“The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed.Pierre Teilhard de Chardin”

“He [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin] was thrilled with the idea that through work in the world human beings were participating in the ongoing extension and consecration of God's creation.”

“As to this half-baked pother about my always feeling inferior in the presence of college graduates, that fear is groundless too. I am not nonplussed in the presence of anybody, and I am seldom at a loss with anyone I am interested in.”

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”

“Suddenly the reader's eyes were filled with tears, and a loving voice whispered in his ear: -Why are you crying if everything in that book isn't true?- And the reader replied: -I know; but what I feel is real.”