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Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "To insist on living until we die may be one of life's greatest virtues."

To insist on living until we die may be one of life's greatest virtues.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "The message we have internalized is clear - we are what we do and what we own, not what we are inside ourselves. Where it counts!"

The message we have internalized is clear - we are what we do and what we own, not what we are inside ourselves. Where it counts!




Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth."

Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Hospitality is the key to new ideas, new friends, new possibilities. What we take into our lives changes us. Without new people and new ideas, we are imprisoned inside ourselves."

Hospitality is the key to new ideas, new friends, new possibilities. What we take into our lives changes us. Without new people and new ideas, we are imprisoned inside ourselves.




Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "If anything diminishes a person, it is the cancer of constant complaining."

If anything diminishes a person, it is the cancer of constant complaining.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Everything we do seeds the future. No action is an empty one."

Everything we do seeds the future. No action is an empty one.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "There is always new life trying to emerge in each of us. Too often we ignore the signs of resurrection and cling to part of life that have died for us."

There is always new life trying to emerge in each of us. Too often we ignore the signs of resurrection and cling to part of life that have died for us.




Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Solitude is not a way of running away from life ... from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we sort them out, air them, get over them, and go on without the burden of yesterday."

Solitude is not a way of running away from life ... from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we sort them out, air them, get over them, and go on without the burden of yesterday.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Persistence may not solve everything - at least in our lifetime - but it is truer to the meaning of life for us to wait for another plowing, another seeding, another harvest, then not."

Persistence may not solve everything - at least in our lifetime - but it is truer to the meaning of life for us to wait for another plowing, another seeding, another harvest, then not.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Never confuse desire with vision. Desire has to do with what we want. Vision has to do with what we need."

Never confuse desire with vision. Desire has to do with what we want. Vision has to do with what we need.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred."

To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Indifference is the acid of life. It erodes all the spirit that's in us and makes us useless to anyone else. We all have to stand for something, or our souls cease to breathe."

Indifference is the acid of life. It erodes all the spirit that's in us and makes us useless to anyone else. We all have to stand for something, or our souls cease to breathe.




Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does with what you know of your own abilities, you may be confusing applause with achievement."

Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does with what you know of your own abilities, you may be confusing applause with achievement.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe."

Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long."

Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "The spiritual response is too often a simplistic one: we abandon God or we blame God for abandoning us."

The spiritual response is too often a simplistic one: we abandon God or we blame God for abandoning us.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "All of us wrestle with the angels of our inabilities all the time. We live in fear that our incapacities will be exposed. We posture and evaluate and assess and criticize mercilessly."

All of us wrestle with the angels of our inabilities all the time. We live in fear that our incapacities will be exposed. We posture and evaluate and assess and criticize mercilessly.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Humility is authenticity. It comes from the Latin word humus, meaning "earth." As the church has taught, we're made of dust, and unto dust we shall return."

Humility is authenticity. It comes from the Latin word humus, meaning "earth." As the church has taught, we're made of dust, and unto dust we shall return.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "To be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic voice of God."

To be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic voice of God.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression."

Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Religion is pointing toward the moon"

Religion is pointing toward the moon



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge."

A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "We are each called to go through life reclaiming the planet an inch at a time until the Garden of Eden grows green again."

We are each called to go through life reclaiming the planet an inch at a time until the Garden of Eden grows green again.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world."

In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: ""When we do not know what harbor we are making for," the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "no wind is the right wind." Persons have vision only when they have a dream that drives them on."

"When we do not know what harbor we are making for," the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "no wind is the right wind." Persons have vision only when they have a dream that drives them on.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Life is the ability to start over again."

Life is the ability to start over again.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "It is not our job to work miracles, but it is our task to try."

It is not our job to work miracles, but it is our task to try.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "When I know and accept myself-all my strengths and all my limitations- I am immediately respectful of everyone else because I know they have something beautiful within them that I do not have."

When I know and accept myself-all my strengths and all my limitations- I am immediately respectful of everyone else because I know they have something beautiful within them that I do not have.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Hope is what sits by the window and waits for one more dawn, despite the fact that there isn't an ounce of proof in tonight's black, black sky that it can possible come."

Hope is what sits by the window and waits for one more dawn, despite the fact that there isn't an ounce of proof in tonight's black, black sky that it can possible come.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "We must learn to pray out of our weaknesses so that God can become our strength."

We must learn to pray out of our weaknesses so that God can become our strength.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Goodness is a process of becoming, not of being. What we do over and over again is what we become in the end."

Goodness is a process of becoming, not of being. What we do over and over again is what we become in the end.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "We fail to move beyond what is safe, we abandon our dreams in favor of what is sure rather than strive for what is best for us."

We fail to move beyond what is safe, we abandon our dreams in favor of what is sure rather than strive for what is best for us.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Benedict sets up a community, a family. And families, the honest among us will admit, are risky places to be if perfection is what y ou are expecting in life."

Benedict sets up a community, a family. And families, the honest among us will admit, are risky places to be if perfection is what y ou are expecting in life.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Benedict sets up a community, a family. And families, the honest among us will admit, are risky places to be if perfection is what you are expecting in life."

Benedict sets up a community, a family. And families, the honest among us will admit, are risky places to be if perfection is what you are expecting in life.