“Nothing weighs more heavily on age than time. Nothing has more meaning Now time becomes, with a kind of ruthless honesty, what it has always been: life's most precious commodity. The only difference is that, finally, we know it.” KnowsKindAgeTimeDifferencesHonestyCommodityRuthless Author:Joan D. Chittister
“prayer can be an easy substitute for real spirituality. It would be impossible to have spirituality without prayer, of course, but it is certainly possible to pray without having a spirituality at all. How do you know? 'Am I becoming kinder?' is a good place to start.” KnowsRealWould BeSpiritualityCoursesEasyPrayerImpossiblePrayingBecomingSubstitutesDo You KnowKinderGood Place Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Getting to know ourselves and learning to control ourselves are the two great tasks of life. Don't make up strange and exotic 'penances.' Simply say no to yourself once a day, and you will be on the road to sanctity for the rest of your life.” KnowsTwoStrangeTasksRest Of Your LifeExoticSanctityPenanceControl Ourselves Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Don't worry about wearing the sign; be the sign. You don't have to wear a sandwich board saying, "I am religious and spiritual and know what you should do." You do have to be the best of the mystical presence that your tradition brings. Certainly in Christianity, that means that you begin to go through life putting on the mind of Jesus, trying to see the world as Jesus saw the world.” KnowsWorldShouldTryingMindMeanSpiritualJesusReligiousChristianityWorrySawsTraditionBoardsBeing The BestMysticalSandwiches Author:Joan D. Chittister
“A seeker searched for years to know the secret of achievement and success in human life. One night in a dream a sage appeared bearing the answer to the secret. The sage said simply: "Stretch out your hand and reach what you can." "No, it can't be that simple," the seeker said. And the sage said softly, "You are right, it is something harder. It is this: Stretch out your hand and reach what you cannot." Now that's vision.” KnowsYearsHumansSaidDreamHandsNightSimpleAnswersSecretVisionAchievementHarderHuman LifeSageSeekersOne NightAchievement And Success Author:Joan D. Chittister
“It is precisely women’s experience of God that this world lacks. A world that does not nurture its weakest, does not know God the birthing mother. A world that does not preserve the planet, does not know God the creator. A world that does not honor the spirit of compassion, does not know God the spirit. God the lawgiver, God the judge, God the omnipotent being have consumed Western spirituality and, in the end, shriveled its heart.” KnowsWorldHeartDoeEndsSpiritMotherSpiritualityCompassionThis WorldPlanetsJudgingHonorWesternCreatorPreservesNurtureConsumedKnowing GodOmnipotentBirthing Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Just when summer gets perfect-fresh nights, soft sun, casual breezes, crushingly full and quietly cooling trees, empty beaches, and free weekends- it ends. Life is like that too. Just when we get it right, it starts to change. The job gets easy and we know just how to do it, and they tell us we're retired. The children grow up and get reasonable and they leave home, just when it's nice to have them around. . . . That's life on the edge of autumn. And that's beautiful-if we have the humility for it.” IfsKnowsLifeChildrenEndsHomeJobsBeautifulLife IsNightGrowsEasyPerfectSunGrowing UpNiceTreeHumilitySummerEmptyEdgesBeachReasonableAutumnWeekendBreezeRetiredCasualLife Is LikeCoolingLife On The Edge Author:Joan D. Chittister
“To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here.” KnowsHeavenAwarenessEnlightened Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does with what you know of your own abilities, you may be confusing applause with achievement.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMayDoeSuccessAbilityAchievementDefinitionsConfusingApplauseThink Of YouDefinition Of Success Author:Joan D. Chittister
“When I know and accept myself-all my strengths and all my limitations- I am immediately respectful of everyone else because I know they have something beautiful within them that I do not have.” KnowsBeautifulAcceptingAcceptanceLimitationRespectfulSomething Beautiful Author:Joan D. Chittister
“"When we do not know what harbor we are making for," the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "no wind is the right wind." Persons have vision only when they have a dream that drives them on.” KnowsPersonsDreamGoalVisionWindPhilosopherHarborsRoman Philosophers Author:Joan D. Chittister
“The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist of her life, a sculptor of her universe, a person with rights and responsibilities who is respected and recognized, the resurrection of the world begins.” KnowsWorldPersonsMomentsHomeArtistUniverseWomenResponsibilityRightsInfluenceComing HomeResurrectionSculptorsRights And Responsibilities Author:Joan D. Chittister
