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“Goodness is a process of becoming, not of being. What we do over and over again is what we become in the end.”

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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

“Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective. We learn to take ourselves more lightly in the presence of good humor. Humor gives us the strength to bear what cannot be changed, and the sight to see the human under the pompous.”

Giving Humans Humor Changed Perspective Bears Laughter Sight Permit Gracious Pompous Good Humor Humor And Laughter

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“I begin to understand as never before that holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be.”

Made Live Life Holiness

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“If life is really for the living, then the trick to living well is to learn to live it fully, to soak it up, to revel in it.”

Ifs Wells Life Is Tricks Live Well

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.”

Problem Life Is Blessing Burden Meant To Be

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Living well has something to do with the spirituality of wholeheartedness, of seeing life more as a grace than as a penance, as time to be lived with eager expectation of its goodness, not in dread of its challenges.”

Wells Spirituality Challenges Grace Seeing Goodness Expectations Dread Live Well Penance Wholeheartedness

Author:Joan D. Chittister

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

May Dies Virtue

Author:Joan D. Chittister

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