Teilhard de Chardin - Seven Stages of Suffering Quotes

“In Teilhard’s spirituality, two of his central evolutionary principles were first to love the “invisible” and second to love the “not yet.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard de Chardin - Seven Stages of Suffering: A Spiritual Path for Transformation

“rather than seeing his passion and death as an act simply to atone for humanity’s sin, Teilhard suggests that Jesus’ suffering also has a constructive evolutionary meaning and purpose.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard de Chardin - Seven Stages of Suffering: A Spiritual Path for Transformation

“Just as we sometimes waste time doing nothing, we can also waste energy—and suffering energy is probably the easiest energy to waste. We waste suffering energy when we see it simply as something that has no use or value, or must simply be endured, or as a punishment. When we treat suffering energy as useless and undesirable, it gets wasted. But it doesn’t have to be so.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard de Chardin - Seven Stages of Suffering: A Spiritual Path for Transformation

“the startling fact of God’s plan for the human race is that even if you are sick or in some other way wounded or diminished by circumstances in your life, you can still effectively contribute to saving the world. You can do it through your suffering.”
― Louis M. Savary, Teilhard de Chardin - Seven Stages of Suffering: A Spiritual Path for Transformation