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Joan D. Chittister has 93 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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It's possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation of new ones; too much money can out…
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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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We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one…
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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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Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is…
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A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in a situation…
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Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious…
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To be contemplative we must remove the clutter from our lives, surround ourselves with beauty, and consciously, relentlessly, persistently, give clutter away…
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Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about…
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It is a pathetic moment in the history of the human condition when the outside world tells us who and what we…
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Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step…
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In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.
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All our ignorance brings us closer to death.
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When listening to the sound material, we metamorphose the inside into an outside. This notion of metamorphosis is one of the principles…
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The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna
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When we hold onto the negative in ourselves it comes with endless guilt. We hold onto a lifetime of floating visions and…
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Tragedy brings us closer to ourselves - it's the only thing that does.
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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
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Which, then, brings us closer to what we want to communicate: saying what we intend, or trying to say the opposite?
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving…
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Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
— Radhanath Swami
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I love you with all my heart. Words can't even explain how I feel. Most people don't understand us, but we do.…
— Cutegirl
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Let yourself get carried away by the night from time to time. Look up at the stars and try to get drunk…
— Paulo Coelho
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From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer…
— Emily Matthews
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