Dreams Quotes by Joan D. Chittister

8 Dreams quotes by Joan D. Chittister

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Joan D. Chittister writes with a contemplative, faith‑centered voice. In this eight‑quote set, her thoughts on dreams explore the inner landscape where hope and prayer meet, offering a gentle guide for reflective readers.

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“Whatever happens to the body, what toll age takes on the physical, the spirit does not grow old. In our dreams, in…

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

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"When we do not know what harbor we are making for," the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "no wind is the right wind."…

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Life is a series of lessons, some of them obvious, some of them not. We learn as we go that dreams end,…

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In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.

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A seeker searched for years to know the secret of achievement and success in human life. One night in a dream a…

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The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting events, in…

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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

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

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

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“What happens to the spiritual life of a young girl who is made to understand, consciously or subconsciously, that she has no place in…

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Old age tells us that we ourselves have failed often, have never really done anything completely right, have never truly been perfect - anad…

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

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Two ideas militate against our consciously contributing to a better world. The idea that we can do everything or the conclusion that we can…

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