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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: "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: "We talk religion in a world that worships the bread but does not distribute it, that practices ritual rather than righteousness, that confesses but does not repent."

We talk religion in a world that worships the bread but does not distribute it, that practices ritual rather than righteousness, that confesses but does not repent.



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: "Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community."

Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community.



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: "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: "Oppressors do not get to be oppressors in a single sweep. They 	manage it because little by little, we make them that. We overlook too much in the beginning and wonder why we lost control in the end."

Oppressors do not get to be oppressors in a single sweep. They manage it because little by little, we make them that. We overlook too much in the beginning and wonder why we lost control in the end.



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: "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: "My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures indeed."

My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures indeed.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "I begin to understand as never before that holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be."

I begin to understand as never before that holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be.




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: "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: "Beauty scatters the seeds of hope in us."

Beauty scatters the seeds of hope in us.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "faith isn't faith until it's all we have to hold on to and knowledge fails us. When we pray for faith, we automatically pray for darkness. Think about it."

faith isn't faith until it's all we have to hold on to and knowledge fails us. When we pray for faith, we automatically pray for darkness. Think about it.



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: "Freedom, in childhood, may be the right to be totally self-centered. … But freedom in old age is the ability to be the best of the self I have developed during all those years."

Freedom, in childhood, may be the right to be totally self-centered. … But freedom in old age is the ability to be the best of the self I have developed during all those years.



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: "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: "The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible."

The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.



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: "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: "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: "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: "Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the way will be determined by it."

Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the way will be determined by it.



Joan D. Chittister Quotes: "Life is a series of lessons, some of them obvious, some of them not. We learn as we go that dreams end, that plans get changed, that promises get broken, that our idols disappoint us."

Life is a series of lessons, some of them obvious, some of them not. We learn as we go that dreams end, that plans get changed, that promises get broken, that our idols disappoint us.



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: "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: "Every dimension of life, its gains and its losses, are reason for celebration because each of them brings us closer to wisdom and fullness of understanding."

Every dimension of life, its gains and its losses, are reason for celebration because each of them brings us closer to wisdom and fullness of understanding.



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: "If the people speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the king. If the kings acts precipitously and the people say nothing, something is wrong with the people."

If the people speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the king. If the kings acts precipitously and the people say nothing, something is wrong with the people.



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: "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: "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: "The Christmas season is a gift in itself. It releases us from the priorities of ordinary time and gives us the right to party more and pray more and love more."

The Christmas season is a gift in itself. It releases us from the priorities of ordinary time and gives us the right to party more and pray more and love more.



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: "We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is"

We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is



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: "Memory is not about what went on in the past, it is about what is going on inside us right this moment. … It is made up of the stuff of life in the process of becoming the grist of the soul."

Memory is not about what went on in the past, it is about what is going on inside us right this moment. … It is made up of the stuff of life in the process of becoming the grist of the soul.



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: "Try saying this silently to everyone and everything you see for thirty days and see what happens to your own soul: I wish you happiness now and whatever will bring happiness to you in the future."

Try saying this silently to everyone and everything you see for thirty days and see what happens to your own soul: I wish you happiness now and whatever will bring happiness to you in the future.



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: "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: "Hospitality is simply love on the loose."

Hospitality is simply love on the loose.



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: "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: "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: "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.'