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The need for beauty in the lives of the poor is as real as their need for bread. —Joan Chittister

To extend mercy to others is to learn something about the nature of God. —Joan Chittister

The function of silence in the life of the privileged is to be able to hear the voices of the oppressed and to change things. —Joan Chittister

A real relationship deepens with time until words are not necessary and silence is no burden. —Joan Chittister

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We have made war on nature and wonder why there is so little peace in ourselves. —Joan Chittister

Don't be afraid to look again at everything you've ever believed. —Joan Chittister

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In each of us there is a memory of God. —Joan Chittister

The function of authority is to enable another person's growth. —Joan Chittister

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Sometimes we grow in silent places that do not burst through to daylight and voice for years. —Joan Chittister

Art is the sacrament of awareness. —Joan Chittister

Tradition is meant to help us identify with what is sacred in life. —Joan Chittister

We cannot know the presence of God without coming to know ourselves as well. —Joan Chittister

Violence has simply no place in the monastic heart. —Joan Chittister

Failing to notice one rose, we fail to notice the entire cosmos. —Joan Chittister

Coming to understand that there is nothing unforgivable in life is the beginning of real love. —Joan Chittister