"To be enlightened is to know that heaven……" — Joan D. Chittister

"To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here."

— 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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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn… — Richard Bach
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. — Arthur Balfour
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my… — Scott Adams
We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error… — Joko Beck
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. — William Blake
The eye altering, alters all. — William Blake

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