Quotes by Dorothy Day

About Dorothy Day:

Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist, Christian socialist and devout Catholic convert. She advocated the Catholic economic theory of distributism. In the 1930s, Day worked closely with fellow activist Peter Maurin to establish the Catholic Worker Movement, a pacifist movement that continues to combine direct aid for the poor and homeless with nonviolent direct action on their behalf. She served as editor of the Catholic Worker newspaper from 1933 until her death in 1980.
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A custom existed among the first generations of Christians, when faith was a bright fire that warmed more than those who kept it burning. In every house then a room was kept ready for any stranger who might ask for shelter; it was even called “the ...

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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.

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There was no attack on religion because people were generally indifferent to religion. They were neither hot nor cold. They were the tepid, the materialistic, who hoped that by Sunday churchgoing they would be taking care of the afterlife, if there w...

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

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I was lonely, deadly lonely. And I was to find out then, as I found out so many times, over and over again, that women especially are social beings, who are not content with just husband and family, but must have a community, a group, an exchange wit...

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The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down!

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I've always had a passion for tearing the bandages from other people's eyes. I've always insisted that those round me should see things as they are. I suppose it is that I need companionship in despair. I can't understand despairing.

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The effort of explaining, even of expressing himself, had become, with the years, more and more terrifying to him. Whether from laziness or from inability to find the right words, he had developed almost a passion for silence.

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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.

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Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.

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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.

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Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.

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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 as brothers.

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It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Chr...

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

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The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

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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.

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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.

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Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameDorothy Day
  • DescriptionSocial activist
  • BornNovember 8, 1897
  • DiedNovember 29, 1980
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer
  • AwardsGandhi Peace Award; Pacem In Terris Award; National Women's Hall Of Fame