The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tid

The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire. – Pierre Tielhard de Chardin

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It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. – Anatole France

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The Lord gives us friends to push us to our potential — and enemies to push us beyond it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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