“There is a built-in danger in old age which, if we give in to it, makes aging one of the most difficult periods of life, rather than one of the most satisfying - which it should be. Tye danger of old age is that we may start acting old.” IfsGivingShouldMayAgeDifficultActingDangerPeriodsBuiltAgingOld AgeSatisfying Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Freedom, in childhood, may be the right to be totally self-centered. But freedom in old age is the ability to be the best of the self I have developed during all those years.” YearsMaySelfAgeFreedomAbilityChildhoodOld AgeBeing The BestSelf Centered Author:Joan D. Chittister
“To insist on living until we die may be one of life's greatest virtues.” MayDiesVirtue Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Persistence may not solve everything - at least in our lifetime - but it is truer to the meaning of life for us to wait for another plowing, another seeding, another harvest, then not.” MayWaitingLifetimePerseveranceSolvePersistenceMeaning Of LifeHarvestPlowing Author:Joan D. Chittister
“To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred.” MayPersonsLongLife IsGoalExerciseUltimateSacredPerpetualLife GoalUltimate Goal Author:Joan D. Chittister
“We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks the truth." The point is clear: If the people speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the king. If the king acts precipitously and the people say nothing, something is wrong with the people.” PeopleIfsWellsMayTruthValuesSpeakWomenLeadershipPleasureClearHonestHonestyKingsLipsSpeak The Truth Author:Joan D. Chittister
“A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in a situation where the keepers of religion may themselves become one of the greatest dangers to the credibility - and the morality - of the church itself.” MayLawChurchReligiousSituationMoralDangerMoralityEthicsLoyaltyCredibilityKeepersCanonMoral LawBifurcation Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the way will be determined by it.” WayWantLifeMayStepsLongingDeterminedGuidesCompassEvery Step 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
“Happiness does not come quickly. It is not conferred by any single event, however exciting or comforting or satisfying the event may be. It cannot be purchased, whatever the allure of the next, the newest, the brightest, the best. Happiness, like Carl Sandburg's fog, "comes on little cat feet," often silently, often without our knowing it, too often without our noticing.” MayLittlesDoeHappinessNextKnowingFeetEventsCatExcitingSatisfyingFogComfortingNoticingAllureCat Feet Author:Joan D. Chittister
