"Hope grows in us, despite our moments of……" — Joan D. Chittister
"Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression."
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93 Quotes by Joan D. Chittister
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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…
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The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting…
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We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value…
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Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human…
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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…
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A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in…
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Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name…
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To be contemplative we must remove the clutter from our lives, surround ourselves with beauty, and consciously, relentlessly, persistently, give…
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Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better…
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It is a pathetic moment in the history of the human condition when the outside world tells us who and…
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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…
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In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.
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