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Joan D. Chittister quotes: When souls really touch, it is forever. Then space and time disappear, and all that remains is the consciousness that we are not alone in life.

When souls really touch, it is forever. Then space and time disappear, and all that remains is the consciousness that we are not alone in life.

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: Was greed that broke Wall Street, not the lack of financial algorithms.

Was greed that broke Wall Street, not the lack of financial algorithms.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.

Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.

June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Hospitality is simply love on the loose.

Hospitality is simply love on the loose.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: life is the vessel we have been given in order to find out what life is really meant to be about.

life is the vessel we have been given in order to find out what life is really meant to be about.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here.

To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be.

Holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil.

Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Imagine how happy, how holy, life would be if we ever really learn to see beauty.

Imagine how happy, how holy, life would be if we ever really learn to see beauty.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.

Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Find the thing that stirs your heart and make room for it

Find the thing that stirs your heart and make room for it

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Prophets are those who take life as it is and expand it. They refuse to shrink a vision of tomorrow to the boundaries of yesterday.

Prophets are those who take life as it is and expand it. They refuse to shrink a vision of tomorrow to the boundaries of yesterday.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.

An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: I began to trust the questions themselves to lead me beyond answers to understanding, beyond practice to faith

I began to trust the questions themselves to lead me beyond answers to understanding, beyond practice to faith

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Acceptance is the universal currency of real friendship ... It does not warp or shape or wrench a person to be anything other than what they are.

Acceptance is the universal currency of real friendship ... It does not warp or shape or wrench a person to be anything other than what they are.

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: 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: Too many times we insist on loving people the way we want to love them instead of the way they need to be loved.

Too many times we insist on loving people the way we want to love them instead of the way they need to be loved.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: We are living in a period of commerical globalization. What we really need is spiritual globalization.

We are living in a period of commerical globalization. What we really need is spiritual globalization.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Beauty scatters the seeds of hope in us.

Beauty scatters the seeds of hope in us.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.

Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.

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: If life is really for the living, then the trick to living well is to learn to live it fully, to soak it up, to revel in it.

If life is really for the living, then the trick to living well is to learn to live it fully, to soak it up, to revel in it.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: But one thing I do know: life and time are ghosted creatures for us all. They belong to us - and are not ours at the same time.

But one thing I do know: life and time are ghosted creatures for us all. They belong to us - and are not ours at the same time.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Grief is a sign that we loved something more than ourselves ... Grief makes us worthy to suffer with the rest of the world.

Grief is a sign that we loved something more than ourselves ... Grief makes us worthy to suffer with the rest of the world.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: I learned that the Italians are right. It isn't what happens to us that counts. It's what we do with what happens to us that makes all the difference

I learned that the Italians are right. It isn't what happens to us that counts. It's what we do with what happens to us that makes all the difference

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.

Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.

Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside.

Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Beware the religion that turns you against another one. It's unlikely that it's really religion at all.

Beware the religion that turns you against another one. It's unlikely that it's really religion at all.

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: 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: 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: 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: Life is the ability to start over again.

Life is the ability to start over again.

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: We each should have 2 pockets: in 1 the message, 'I am dust & ashes;' in the other, 'For me the universe was made.'

We each should have 2 pockets: in 1 the message, 'I am dust & ashes;' in the other, 'For me the universe was made.'

Joan D. Chittister quotes: The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting events, in who it sees as its heroes.

The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting events, in who it sees as its heroes.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: But we are here to depart from this world as finished as we can possibly become.

But we are here to depart from this world as finished as we can possibly become.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: We don't change as we get older - we just get to be more of what we've always been.

We don't change as we get older - we just get to be more of what we've always been.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Religion is pointing toward the moon

Religion is pointing toward the moon

Joan D. Chittister quotes: It is what we do routinely, not what we do rarely, that delineates the character of a person.

It is what we do routinely, not what we do rarely, that delineates the character of a person.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: for beginners. After that, you can set out for

for beginners. After that, you can set out for

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: we try so hard to avoid the rest of the year: how do we deal with the God of darkness as well as the Giver of light?

we try so hard to avoid the rest of the year: how do we deal with the God of darkness as well as the Giver of light?

Joan D. Chittister quotes: We should employ our passions in the service of life," Sir Richard Steele wrote, "not spend life in the service of our passions.

We should employ our passions in the service of life," Sir Richard Steele wrote, "not spend life in the service of our passions.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Life always comes out of death. The present rises from the ashes of the past. The future is always possible for those who are willing to re-create it.

Life always comes out of death. The present rises from the ashes of the past. The future is always possible for those who are willing to re-create it.

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: Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

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: A life of value is not a series of great things well done; it is a series of small things consciously done.

A life of value is not a series of great things well done; it is a series of small things consciously done.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: preoccupation with fantasies of success; exhibitionism and insatiable attention-getting maneuvers;

preoccupation with fantasies of success; exhibitionism and insatiable attention-getting maneuvers;

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Prayer restores the soul that is dry and dulled by years of trying to create a world that never completely comes.

Prayer restores the soul that is dry and dulled by years of trying to create a world that never completely comes.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: No one finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don't get it.

No one finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don't get it.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Work is not slavery, then. Work is creativity. It is the expression of ourselves that no one else can duplicate.

Work is not slavery, then. Work is creativity. It is the expression of ourselves that no one else can duplicate.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Awareness of the sacred in life is what holds our world together, and the lack of awareness of the sacred is what is tearing it apart.

Awareness of the sacred in life is what holds our world together, and the lack of awareness of the sacred is what is tearing it apart.

Joan D. Chittister quotes: Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.

Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.