Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God. - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

In no case does the energy required for synthesis appear to be provided by an influx of fresh capital, but by expenditure.

The history of the living world can be summarised as the elaboration of ever more perfect eyes within a cosmos in which there is always something more to be seen.

He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the noblest theorizings as compared with the definitive plenitude of the smallest fact grasped in its total, concrete reality.