Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day, Obl.S.B.,was an American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert...
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth8 November 1897
CityNew York City, NY
ideas foundation liturgy
We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.
love-is problem come-up
Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up.
faults bears enough
If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other’s faults and burdens.
brother believe mean
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.
god children believe
How much did I hear of religion as a child? Very little, and yet my heart leaped when I heard the name of God. I do believe every soul has a tendency toward God.
prayer giving church
If you are rushed for time, sow time and you will reap time. Go to church and spend a quiet hour in prayer. You will have more time than ever and your work will get done. Sow time with the poor. Sit and listen to them, give them your time lavishly. You will reap time a hundredfold.
thinking understanding faults
To love with understanding and without understanding. To love blindly, and to folly. To see only what is loveable. To think only of these things. To see the best in everyone around, their virtues rather than their faults. To see Christ in them!
two coats poor
If you have two coats, one of them belongs to the poor.
progress bricks steps
They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
giving-up bears injustice
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.
emotion exalted capable
We are not, most of us, capable of exalted emotion, save rarely.
church may matter
No matter how corrupt the Church may become, it carries within it the seeds of its own regeneration.
joy mind delight
It is not easy always to be joyful, to keep in mind the duty of delight.
cities silence noise
We have all probably noted those sudden moments of quiet - those strange and almost miraculous moments in the life of a big city when there is a cessation of traffic noise - just an instant when there is only the sound of footsteps which serves to emphasize a sudden peace. During those seconds it is possible to notice the sunlight, to notice our fellow humans, to take breath.