Quotes by Joan Chittister

Once upon a time a vivisor came to the monastery looking for the purpose and meaning of life.

The teacher said to the visitor, 'If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.'

"I know," said the visitor.  "To find truth I must have an overwhelming passion for it."

"No,"  the Teacher said.  "In order to find Truth, you must have an unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong."

We talk religion in a world that worships the bread but does not distribute it, that practices ritual rather than righteousness, that confesses but does not repent.

Longing is a compass that guides us through life.  We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the way will be determined by it.

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

We talk religion in a world that worships the bread but does not distribute it, that practices ritual rather than righteousness, that confesses but does not repent.