To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here. — Joan D. Chittister 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 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 Copy Share Image
prayer can be an easy substitute for real spirituality. It would be impossible to have spirituality without prayer, of course, but it… — 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 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 Copy Share Image
Just when summer gets perfect-fresh nights, soft sun, casual breezes, crushingly full and quietly cooling trees, empty beaches, and free weekends- it… — 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 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 Copy Share Image
Getting to know ourselves and learning to control ourselves are the two great tasks of life. Don't make up strange and exotic… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
We don't change as we get older - we just get to be more of what we've always been. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Today we live in a world that judges its achievements by speed and busyness. Â… We are so busy making things happen that we… — Joan D. Chittister 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 insufferable creatures… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
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… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“We don't change as we get older - we just get to be ore of what we've always been.” — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“What happens to the spiritual life of a young girl who is made to understand, consciously or subconsciously, that she has no place in… — Joan D. Chittister 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 - anad… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
