Joan D. Chittister Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• 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 face with the self. And then, of course, something must be done. Nothing stays the same once we have found the God within…. We carry the world in our hearts: the oppression of all peoples, the suffering of our friends, the burdens of our enemies, the raping of the Earth, the hunger of the starving, the joy of every laughing child.

  Joan D. Chittister

  Children, Heart, Self

• We punish the body and strip the earth. And we do it in pursuit of a so-called holiness that smacks of the bogus, that denies the gifts of God, that makes us marauders on the earth.

  Joan D. Chittister

  Environmental, Body, Earth

  Joan D. Chittister (2004). “Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir”, p.181, Sheed & Ward

• Humility is authenticity. It comes from the Latin word humus, meaning "earth." As the church has taught, we're made of dust, and unto dust we shall return.

  Joan D. Chittister

  Latin, Humility, Church

  Source: sojo.net

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