Oppressors do not get to be oppressors in a single sweep. They manage it because little by little, we make them that. We overlook too much in the beginning and wonder why we lost control in the end.
The spiritual task of life is to feed hope. Hope is not something to be found outside of us. It lies in the spiritual life we cultivate within. The w… - Joan D. Chittister
The spiritual task of life is to feed hope. Hope is not something to be found outside of us. It lies in the spiritual life we cultivate within. The w…
- Joan D. Chittister
Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside. - Joan D. Chittister
Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside.
Grief is a sign that we loved something more than ourselves. . . . Grief makes us worthy to suffer with the rest of the world. - Joan D. Chittister
Grief is a sign that we loved something more than ourselves. . . . Grief makes us worthy to suffer with the rest of the world.
There is no amount of darkness that can extinguish the inner light. The important thing is not to spend our lives trying to control the environment a… - Joan D. Chittister
There is no amount of darkness that can extinguish the inner light. The important thing is not to spend our lives trying to control the environment a…
The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist of her life, a sculptor of her un… - Joan D. Chittister
The moment a woman comes home to herself, the moment she knows that she has become a person of influence, an artist of her life, a sculptor of her un…
Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight. - Joan D. Chittister
Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.
It is in community that we come to see God in the other. It is in community that we see our own emptiness filled up. It is community that calls me be… - Joan D. Chittister
It is in community that we come to see God in the other. It is in community that we see our own emptiness filled up. It is community that calls me be…
Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face to face with the world, face to … - Joan D. Chittister
Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face to face with the world, face to …
Goodness is a process of becoming, not of being. What we do over and over again is what we become in the end. - Joan D. Chittister
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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