“Today we live in a world that judges its achievements by speed and busyness. We are so busy making things happen that we have little time left to think about the value of what is happening. We urgently need people who concentrate on the meaning of life rather than simply the speed.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsLittlesHappensTodayValuesLeftJudgingAchievementHappeningsBusySpeedThings HappenMeaning Of LifeLittle TimeTime LeftLittle Time Left Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Hospitality is the key to new ideas, new friends, new possibilities. What we take into our lives changes us. Without new people and new ideas, we are imprisoned inside ourselves.” PeopleIdeasOur LivesPossibilityKeysLife ChangingNew IdeasHospitalityNew FriendsNew Possibilities Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Too many times we insist on loving people the way we want to love them instead of the way they need to be loved.” PeopleWayWantNeeds Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Why do people think the spiritual life demands withdrawal from the ordinary? Because they've been taught, at least by implication, that the physical is a block to the spiritual. When we assume that the spiritual, unlike the physical, is impervious to corrosion, then we assume that all things material are not to be honored. But the fact of the matter is, the material is the vehicle of the spiritual.” PeopleThinkingMatterFactsSpiritualTaughtMaterialsDemandOrdinaryAll ThingsAssumingBlockSpiritual LifeVehicleHonoredImplicationsWithdrawalImpervious Author:Joan D. Chittister
“If the people speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the king. If the kings acts precipitously and the people say nothing, something is wrong with the people.” PeopleIfsSpeakKings Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Religious life is not going to go away. It will take a different form. Why am I so sure it's not going to go away? Because there are people whose personalities and gifts, and interests and soul, are simply immersed in living this kind of a spiritual lifestyle. That only makes sense. If you can live an artistic lifestyle, why can't somebody live a spiritual lifestyle? We've always, in every single great tradition, had a percentage of the population that stands in the middle of us being the beacon that calls us to realize that the spiritual life is an essential part of every life.” PeopleKindDifferentSoulSpiritualInterestRealizingReligiousPersonalityTraditionLifestyleArtisticMake SenseGoing AwaySpiritual LifeReligious Life 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
“Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.” PeopleWantDifficultAbilityCompassionAll TimeBeing The Best Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Superficial people are those who simply go along without a question in the world-asking nothing, troubled by nothing, examining nothing. Whatever people around them do, they do, too. That's a sad and plastic life-routine and comfortable, maybe, but still sad.” PeopleWorldStillsComfortableAskingConformityRoutinePlasticSuperficialExamining Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Hospitality means we take people into the space that is our lives and our minds and our hearts and our work and our efforts. Hospitality is the way we come out of ourselves. It is the first step towards dismantling the barriers of the world. Hospitality is the way we turn a prejudiced world around, one heart at a time.” PeopleWorldWayMindFirstsHeartMeanTurnsSpaceEffortStepsOur LivesBarriersFirst StepsHospitality Author:Joan D. Chittister
“My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures indeed.” PeopleWould BeSpaceGraceCreaturesLimitsLimitationDryIsolatedInsufferable 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
