Superficial people are those who simply go along without a question in the world-asking nothing, troubled by nothing, examining nothing. Whatever people… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step… — Joan D. Chittister Compass Copy Share Image
There is always new life trying to emerge in each of us. Too often we ignore the signs of resurrection and cling… — Joan D. Chittister Art of life Copy Share Image
Indifference is the acid of life. It erodes all the spirit that's in us and makes us useless to anyone else. We… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
When I know and accept myself-all my strengths and all my limitations- I am immediately respectful of everyone else because I know… — Joan D. Chittister Acceptance Copy Share Image
The question is not, do we go to church; the question is, have we been converted. The crux of Christianity is not… — Joan D. Chittister Charity Copy Share Image
We have learned that the things we amassed to prove to ourselves how valuable, how important, how successful we were, didn't prove… — Joan D. Chittister Facts Copy Share Image
My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
When I get on the internet and hide behind a false identity, and then allow that hiding to free me from the… — Joan D. Chittister Decency Copy Share Image
I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many… — Joan D. Chittister Abortion Copy Share Image
"Ideals are like stars," Carl Schurz wrote. "You will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like seafarers on the… — Joan D. Chittister Desert Copy Share Image
A seeker searched for years to know the secret of achievement and success in human life. One night in a dream a… — Joan D. Chittister Achievement Copy Share Image
Benedictine spirituality is a consistent one: live life normally, live life thouhtfully, live life profouncly, live life well. Never neglect and never… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Don't worry about wearing the sign; be the sign. You don't have to wear a sandwich board saying, "I am religious and… — Joan D. Chittister Being the best Copy Share Image
The God who made us dust knows we're dust. We don't have to feel like perpetual failures because we aren't more than… — Joan D. Chittister Authenticity Copy Share Image
Peace comes from living a measured life. Peace comes from attending to every part of my world in a sacramental way. My… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom… — Joan D. Chittister Exercise Copy Share Image
It is a pathetic moment in the history of the human condition when the outside world tells us who and what we… — Joan D. Chittister Being yourself Copy Share Image
Two ideas militate against our consciously contributing to a better world. The idea that we can do everything or the conclusion that… — Joan D. Chittister Arrogance Copy Share Image
The kind of "blind obedience" once theologized as the ultimate step to holiness, is itself blind. It blinds a person to the… — Joan D. Chittister Authority Copy Share Image
Solitude is not a way of running away from life ... from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
In community we work out our connectedness to God, to one another and to ourselves...In human relationships I learn that theory is… — Joan D. Chittister Community Copy Share Image
Old age tells us that we ourselves have failed often, have never really done anything completely right, have never truly been perfect… — Joan D. Chittister Age Copy Share Image
Memory is not about what went on in the past, it is about what is going on inside us right this moment.… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“Feminists are asking women and men not to buy into patriarchal systems that destroy them both. Feminism comes to bring both men… — Joan D. Chittister Feminism Copy Share Image
Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does… — Joan D. Chittister Ability Copy Share Image
In scripture God brings the animals to the human for naming. In that simple act the human is brought to recognize the… — Joan D. Chittister Animal Copy Share Image
Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is… — Joan D. Chittister Encouragement Copy Share Image
Every dimension of life, its gains and its losses, are reason for celebration because each of them brings us closer to wisdom… — Joan D. Chittister Birthday Copy Share Image
"When we do not know what harbor we are making for," the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "no wind is the right wind."… — Joan D. Chittister Dream Copy Share Image
Persistence may not solve everything - at least in our lifetime - but it is truer to the meaning of life for… — Joan D. Chittister Harvest Copy Share Image
Nothing weighs more heavily on age than time. Nothing has more meaning Â… Now time becomes, with a kind of ruthless honesty,… — Joan D. Chittister Age Copy Share Image
If the people speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the king. If the kings acts precipitously and… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective.… — Joan D. Chittister Bears Copy Share Image
“Where will Christian feminists go for spiritual nourishment if the church itself fails to reflect the feminism of Jesus? If tradition becomes… — Joan D. Chittister Feminism Copy Share Image
Lent is the time for trimming the soul and scrapping the sludge off a life turned slipshod. Lent is about taking stock… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
