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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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In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but…
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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
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Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.
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Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past…
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Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside…
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I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time…
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In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is…
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