“A universal love is not only psychologically possible; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love.”

— Pierre Teilhard De Chardin , book The Phenomenon of Man

The Phenomenon of Man (1955)

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French philosopher and Jesuit priest 1881–1955

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Variant: We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.
Context: But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love. It seems to me that this is the only way as our eyes look to the future. As we look out across the years and across the generations, let us develop and move right here. We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.