Words matter. These are the best Dorothy Day Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We are the nation the most powerful, the most armed and we are supplying arms and money to the rest of the world where we are not ourselves fighting. We are eating while there is famine in the world.
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.
We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.
They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
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.
Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.
When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
We 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 the workers of their means of production.
Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.
Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.
We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
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.
Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.
