Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul. Dorothy Day More Quotes by Dorothy Day More Quotes From Dorothy Day Communities are made up of the unlovable as well as the lovable. Dorothy Day lovable community made The only way to live in any true security is to live so close to the bottom that when you fall you do not have far to drop, you do not have much to lose. Dorothy Day bottom way-to-live fall 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. Dorothy Day brother mean believe The final word is love. Dorothy Day final-words finals A 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat' becomes again another dictator. Dorothy Day proletariat dictator dictatorship If you are going to try and change things, you had better have your wits about you. Dorothy Day wit ifs trying The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on. Dorothy Day community battle goes-on Where are the heroes and the saints, who keep a clear vision of man's greatest gift, his freedom, to oppose not only the dictatorship of the proletariat, but also the dictatorship of the benevolent state, which takes possession of the family, and of the indigent, and claims our young for war? Dorothy Day hero men war Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. Dorothy Day come-up problem love-is 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. Dorothy Day brother sympathy believe The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war. Dorothy Day nursing fire war 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. Dorothy Day society strength men Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience and acting intelligently, which is to find some meaning in all that happens-these things, too, are the works of peace, and often seem like a very little way. Dorothy Day phones acting house When they call you a saint, it means basically that you are not to be taken seriously. Dorothy Day saint taken mean The idea that when the health of one member suffers, the health of the whole body is lowered is a teaching of St Paul which is timeless. Dorothy Day teaching suffering ideas Thank God that He has permitted us to live among the present problems. It is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre. Dorothy Day mediocre thank-god problem We want no revolution; we want the brotherhood of men. We want men to love one another. We want all men to have what is sufficient for their needs. And now - strange thought - the devil has so maneuvered that the people turn from Him because those who profess Him are clothed in soft raiment and sit at well-spread tables and deny the poor. Dorothy Day brotherhood-of-man men people When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them. Dorothy Day people christ 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. Dorothy Day injustice giving-up bears I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me to use what talents I possessed for my fellow workers, for the poor. Dorothy Day special prayer giving
