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“To insist on living until we die may be one of life's greatest virtues.”

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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

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“Memory is not about what went on in the past, it is about what is going on inside us right this moment. It is made up of the stuff of life in the process of becoming the grist of the soul.”

Made Soul Moments Past Stuff Process Memories Becoming

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Old age tells us that we ourselves have failed often, have never really done anything completely right, have never truly been perfect - anad that is completely all right. We are who we are - and so is everyone else.”

Done Age Perfect Old Age Who We Are Perfectionism

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.”

May Waiting Lifetime Perseverance Solve Persistence Meaning Of Life Harvest Plowing

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Solitude is not a way of running away from life ... from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we sort them out, air them, get over them, and go on without the burden of yesterday.”

Way Feelings Running Air Goes On Solitude Burden Contrary Yesterday Running Away Get Over

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“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.”

Knows Kind Age Time Differences Honesty Commodity Ruthless

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Every dimension of life, its gains and its losses, are reason for celebration because each of them brings us closer to wisdom and fullness of understanding.”

Reason Wisdom Understanding Loss Gains Dimensions Celebration Fullness

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“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.”

People Thinking World Needs Littles Happens Today Values Left Judging Achievement Happenings Busy Speed Things Happen Meaning Of Life Little Time Time Left Little Time Left

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“We have learned that the things we amassed to prove to ourselves how valuable, how important, how successful we were, didn't prove it at all. In fact, they have very little to do with it. It's what's inside of us, not what's outside of us that counts.”

Littles Important Facts Successful Prove Valuable Prove It

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Work is not slavery, then. Work is creativity. It is the expression of ourselves that no one else can duplicate.”

Work Creativity Expression Slavery Duplicate

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.”

Given Wish Prayer

Book:Heidi (IC) Revised

Source: Heidi (IC) Revised