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“When souls really touch, it is forever. Then space and time disappear, and all that remains is the consciousness that we are not alone in life.”

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Joan D. Chittister

Joan D. Chittister is an American nun known for her contributions to religious peace, feminism, and ecotheology. Born in 1936, she is an active member of several religious organizations and has authored numerous books on religious life. more

“Life is a thing of many stages and moving parts. What we do with ease at one time of life we can hardly manage at another. What we could not fathom doing when we were young, we find great joy in when we are old. Like the seasons through which we move, life itself is a never-ending series of harvests, a different fruit for every time.”

Different Moving Young Life Is Joy Stage Seasons Series Fruit Manage Ease One Time Harvest Never Ending Fathom Great Joy Moving Parts

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.”

Purpose Bearable

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“whoever has done a wrong deed and thinks that no one knows it, deceives himself.”

Thinking Knows Done Deeds Deceiving Wrongdoing

Book:Heidi

Source: Heidi

“Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.”

Giving Littles Passion All Things Anger Males Manage Take Time Delay Reins Impetus

Author:Statius

“Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.”

Take Time Spoil Haste Deliberation

Author:Statius

“Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]”

World Firsts Fear

Author:Statius

“A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]”

Fortune Deserving

Author:Statius

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