Dorothy DayThe Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.372Humor
Dorothy DayWomen think with their whole bodies351DeathThought
Dorothy DayThe mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love. ✨ Dorothy Day, Peter Day (1999).… ▶373Love
Dorothy DayFor me Christ was not to be bought for thirty pieces of silver but with my heart's blood. We buy not cheap in this market.341Love
Dorothy DayPeople say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spr… ▶374HopeHumanityReading
Dorothy DayLove and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other's faults and burdens. If we love enough, we… ▶374LoveSadness
Dorothy DayTogether with the works of mercy, feeding, sheltering, and clothing our brothers, we must indoctrinate. ✨ On Pilgrimage.374Truth
Dorothy DayI have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. ✨ Dorothy Day Named… ▶352Humanity
Dorothy DayAs we come to know the seriousness of the situation, the war, the racism, the poverty in our world, we come to realize that things will not be changed simply by words or demonstra… ▶353Life
Dorothy DayI felt that the Church was the Church of the poor,... but at the same time, I felt that it did not set its face against a social order which made so much charity in the present se… ▶365HumanityTime
Dorothy DayThe biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.365LifeTime
Dorothy DayI offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me to use what talents I possessed for my fellow workers, for the poor.332Humor
Dorothy DayWe believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by th… ▶343Love
Dorothy DayDon't call me a saint; I don't want to be dismissed so easily. ✨ Radical, Pacifist and Catholic: Dorothy Day on the Call to Be Saints by Julie Leininger Pycior, www.huffingt… ▶343Time
Dorothy DayAs Dostoevski said: 'Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.301LoveReading
Dorothy DayTradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois … ▶323Truth
Dorothy DayHow can you see Christ in people? And we only say: It is an act of faith, constantly repeated. It is an act of love, resulting from an act of faith. It is an act of hope, that we … ▶356HopeHumanityLove
Dorothy DayThose who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.368Reflection
Dorothy DayThere is plenty to do, for each one of us, working on our own hearts, changing our own attitudes, in our own neighborhoods.302Love
Dorothy DayFirst of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy.302Love
Dorothy DayWhat I want to bring out is how a pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. And each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. ✨ Women o… ▶314ReadingThought
Dorothy DayLove and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. ✨ Dorothy Day, Peter Day (1999). On Pilgrimage, p.30, A&C Black281Love
Dorothy DayIt is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living.3710Life
Dorothy DayAn individual can march for peace or vote for peace and can have, perhaps, some small influence on global concerns. But the same individual is a giant in the eyes of a child at ho… ▶336Philosophy
Dorothy DayThe older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them. 292HumanityLove
Dorothy DayLove casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.281Love
Dorothy DayThe legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.369Politics
Dorothy DayYour love for God is only as great as the love you have for the person you love the least.304Love
Dorothy DayIt is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. ✨ Dorothy Day Named National Hero By Obama At National Prayer Breakfast by Shane Claiborne, www.huffingtonpo… ▶293Time
Dorothy DayWriting is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.282Reflection
