128 Quotes by 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.

To be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic voice of God.

The message we have internalized is clear – we are what we do and what we own, not what we are inside ourselves. Where it counts!

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

The question is not, do we go to church; the question is, have we been converted. The crux of Christianity is not whether or not we give donations to popular charities but whether or not we are really committed to the poor.

Stability of heart – commitment to the life of the soul, faithfulness to the community, perseverance in the search for God – is the mooring that holds us fast when the night of the soul is at its deepest dark, and the noontime sun sears the spirit. When.

Temptations are part of life, part of growing up. We grapple with them often – in some instances for our lifetime – before we come to realize that it is not so much the victory as it is the struggle that is holy.

No one finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don’t get it.

It is what we do routinely, not what we do rarely, that delineates the character of a person.