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. ChittisterThe spiritual response is too often a simplistic one: we abandon God or we blame God for abandoning us.
Joan D. ChittisterThe purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.
Joan D. ChittisterThe secret of life is to let every segment of it produce its own yield at its own pace. Every period has something new to teach us. The harvest of youth is achievement; the harvest of middle-age is perspective; the harvest of age is wisdom; the harvest of life is serenity.
Joan D. Chittister