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
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.
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.
love-you god-love persons
Your love for God is only as great as the love you have for the person you love the least.
heart enemy dear-god
Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.
women history god-love
I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.
against american-activist basis individual movement prayer revolt
The basis of the liturgical movement is prayer, the liturgical prayer of the church. It is a revolt against private, individual prayer.
firsts speak conspiracy
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.
party rejection movement
My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to a rejection of the radical movement after my early membership in the Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Communist affiliates I worked with.
peace community-living giving
It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living.
roots
Freedom has its roots in religion...
brother together mercy
Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.
struggle sleep reality
We also know that religion, as the Marxists have always insisted, has, too often, like an opiate, tended to put people to sleep to the reality and the need for the present struggle for peace and justice.
curiosity trying goodness
Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.
christian people moral
Of all the charges made against the Communists these days of congressional investigations, the charge of loose morals is seldom heard, so very loose have become those of "Christian" people.