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
cities people community
I do not know how to love God except by loving the poor. I do not know how to serve God except by serving the poor.... Here, within this great city of nine million people, we must, in this neighborhood, on this street, in this parish, regain a sense of community which is the basis for peace in the world.
reading coffee cups
My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and the reading of the psalms.
attitude heart neighborhood
There is plenty to do, for each one of us, working on our own hearts, changing our own attitudes, in our own neighborhoods.
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.
prayer love-you heart
I cannot worry much about your sins and miseries when I have so many of my own. I can only love you all, poor fellow travelers, fellow sufferers. I do not want to add one least straw to the burden you already carry. My prayer from day to day is that God will so enlarge my heart that I will see you all, and live with you all, in His love.
forgiveness weed flower
We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.
sight people poverty
We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.
thinking half world
Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our Bibles!
success effectiveness worry
Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.
acceptance tyrants rotten
Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.
gratitude giving feel-good
Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward.
joy vocation knows
You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it's right.
love people grace
The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.
courage pain world
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.