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 More Quotes by Dorothy Day More Quotes From Dorothy Day Women think with their whole bodies Dorothy Day body whole thinking It is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. Dorothy Day judgement judging action Often we comfort ourselves only with words, but if we pray enough, the conviction will come too that Christ is our King, not Stalin, Bevins, or Truman. That He has all things in His hands, that 'all things work together for good for those that love Him. Dorothy Day working-together kings hands I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance. Dorothy Day government complaining heart We are not, most of us, capable of exalted emotion, save rarely. Dorothy Day exalted capable emotion When it comes down to it, even on the natural plane, it is much happier and more enlivening to love than to be loved. Dorothy Day planes natural Man is not meant to live alone. Dorothy Day men 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. Dorothy Day god believe children 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 Christ in him. Dorothy Day support strong house The sense is always that community is natural to people. Dorothy Day community natural people You can't write about things without doing them. You just have to live that same way. Dorothy Day writing way Every Marxist group that I've known has its theoreticians. Dorothy Day marxist known groups There could be a 'community of communities' rather than a state. They would be united in some way but without any governing body. It would be made up of unions, credit unions instead of banks. There would be no more lending at interest. There would be no more money lenders. Dorothy Day unions community way I think one of the things we must constantly keep in mind is, 'If anybody hits you on one cheek, turn the other.' Dorothy Day turns mind thinking We are all one body, we are all one. Dorothy Day body As a child, I came across the Bible, but nobody in my family had anything to do with religion. I just felt a profound truth there that appealed to me. Dorothy Day my-family profound children It wasn't until Castro marched triumphantly into Cuba that you might say the whole thing grew into a Marxist revolution. Dorothy Day cuba revolution might There is something so horrifying and so sad when people are living alone. That is why the old and lonely come to us. Dorothy Day so-sad lonely people I think that just as we're in the nuclear era we're also in an era of non-violence. It's undefeatable. Dorothy Day eras nuclear thinking I think anarchy is natural to the Catholic. The Church is pretty anarchistic, you know. Who pays attention to the Pope or the Cardinals? Dorothy Day catholic church thinking
