The whole point of view of the anarchist is that everything must start from the bottom up, from man. It seems to me so human a philosophy. Dorothy Day More Quotes by Dorothy Day More Quotes From Dorothy Day 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 It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over. Dorothy Day has-beens communism We have all probably noted those sudden moments of quiet - those strange and almost miraculous moments in the life of a big city when there is a cessation of traffic noise - just an instant when there is only the sound of footsteps which serves to emphasize a sudden peace. During those seconds it is possible to notice the sunlight, to notice our fellow humans, to take breath. Dorothy Day silence cities sound I was always much impressed, in reading prison memoirs of revolutionists, such as Lenin and Trotsky ... by the amount of reading they did, the languages they studied, the range of their plans for a better social order. (Or rather, for a new social order.) In the Acts of the Apostles there are constant references to the Way and the New Man. Dorothy Day reading men order Everything a baptized person does each day should be directly or indirectly related to the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Dorothy Day each-day spiritual doe If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act of faith (and each act of faith increases our faith, and our capacity for faith), if I did not have faith that the works of mercy do lighten the sum total of suffering in the world, so that those who are suffering on both sides of this ghastly struggle somehow mysteriously find their pain lifted and some balm of consolation poured on their wounds, if I did not believe these things, the problem of evil would indeed be overwhelming. Dorothy Day pain struggle believe The work is more important than the talking and the writing about the work. Dorothy Day important writing talking It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living. Dorothy Day community-living giving peace The Sexual Revolution is a complete rebellion against authority, natural and supernatural, even against the body and its needs, its natural functions of child bearing. This is not reverence for life, it is a great denial and more resembles Nihilism than the revolution that they think they are furthering. Dorothy Day nihilism children thinking I can write no other than this: unless we use the weapons of the spirit, denying ourselves and taking up our cross and following Jesus, dying with Him and rising with Him, men will go on fighting, and often from the highest motives, believing that they are fighting defensive wars for justice and in self-defense against present or future aggression. Dorothy Day war believe jesus If you have two coats, one of them belongs to the poor. Dorothy Day coats poor two We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy. Dorothy Day liturgy foundation ideas It is people who are important, not the masses. Dorothy Day mass important people 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. Dorothy Day stronger sublime philosophy I have been disillusioned, however, this long, long time in the means used by any but the saints to live in this world God has made for us. Dorothy Day saint long mean For me Christ was not to be bought for thirty pieces of silver but with my heart's blood. We buy not cheap in this market. Dorothy Day pieces heart blood Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. Dorothy Day knitting nice writing They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. Dorothy Day bricks progress steps We're under obligation to love - that's the commandment. Dorothy Day commandments obligation God forbid we should have great institutions. The thing is to have many small centres. The ideal is community. Dorothy Day institutions community should-have
