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
saint communist poor
If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.
loneliness being-alone community-living
We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
agonizing
You can spend your time agonizing or organizing.
food soul body
Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.
atheist atheism christ
Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.
voice evil people
Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and disobedience to the State has, over and over again, happened throughout history. It is time again to cry out against our 'leaders,' to question (since it is not for us to say that they are evil) whether or not they are sane.
mistake play safe
The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.
thank-god problem mediocre
Thank God that He has permitted us to live among the present problems. It is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre.
kindness believe joy
How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one feel devout. The courteous gesture increases one's respect for others. To act lovingly is to begin to feel loving, and certainly to act joyfully brings joy to others which in turn makes one feel joyful. I believe we are called to the duty of delight.
faults bears enough
If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other’s faults and burdens.
communism has-beens
It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.
loneliness community answers
The only answer in this life, to the loneliness we are all bound to feel, is community.
time evil people
One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people 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; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.
integrity men world
The holy man was the whole man, the man of integrity, who not only tried to change the world, but to live in it as it was.