“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
“We must now surrender to the obligation to understand and to care. We must surrender ourselves to becoming conscious, thinking members of the human race. We must put down the temptation to powerlessness and surrender to the questions of the moment.” ThinkingHumansMomentsCareRaceKnowledgeBecomingMembersConsciousSurrenderObligationTemptationHuman RacePowerlessness Author:Joan D. Chittister
“faith isn't faith until it's all we have to hold on to and knowledge fails us. When we pray for faith, we automatically pray for darkness. Think about it.” ThinkingFaithDarknessFailingPraying 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
“The human race sees with one eye, the male eye; hears with one ear, the male ear; and thinks with one half the human mind, the male mind. And the decisions we are making show we are not bringing to the agendas, and the questions and the problems of the world, all the resources of the world to solve them.” ThinkingWorldMindProblemEyeDecisionHuman Mind Author:Joan D. Chittister
“I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsBelieveChildrenFactsLife IsBornCasesBirthMoralityConversationTaxesEducatedAbortionFedsLackingNunPro LifeAnti AbortionPro AbortionCatholic Pro Life 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
