"But we are here to depart from this……" — Joan D. Chittister

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

— Joan D. Chittister

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93 Quotes by Joan D. Chittister

Joan D. Chittister has 93 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It's possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation of new ones; too much money…
The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting…
We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value…
Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human…
Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear…
A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in…
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name…
To be contemplative we must remove the clutter from our lives, surround ourselves with beauty, and consciously, relentlessly, persistently, give…
Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better…
It is a pathetic moment in the history of the human condition when the outside world tells us who and…
Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but…
In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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