Quotes of Dorothy Day - somelinesforyou

“ I 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

“ We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ The final word is love… To love we must know each other… and we know each other in the breaking of bread, and we are not alone any more. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ I believe that we must reach our brother, never toning down our fundamental oppositions, but meeting him when he asks to be met, with a reason for the faith that is in us, as well as with a loving sympathy for them a brothers. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us? ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ When it comes down to it, even on the natural plane, it is much happier and more enlivening to love than to be loved. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ As Dostoevski said: 'Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ We certainly can try to grow in love, and it is good practice, this giving what we've got, whether it is a cup of coffee or money to pay the grocery bill. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ We are our brothers' keepers and we must not only care for his needs as far as we are immediately able, but we must try to build a better world. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ We are our brothers' keepers and we must not only care for his needs as far as we are immediately able, but we must try to build a better world. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ We certainly can try to grow in love, and it is good practice, this giving what we've got, whether it is a cup of coffee or money to pay the grocery bill. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ True obedience is a matter of love, which makes it voluntary, not compelled by fear or force. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ The love of God compels us to give. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ First 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. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life. ”

- Dorothy Day

“ As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile. ”

- Dorothy Day
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