"Old age tells us that we ourselves have……" — Joan D. Chittister
"Old age tells us that we ourselves have failed often, have never really done anything completely right, have never truly been perfect - anad that is completely all right. We are who we are - and so is everyone else."
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93 Quotes by Joan D. Chittister
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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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Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better…
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In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.
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