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Dorothy Day Quotes: We are not, most of us, capable of exalted emotion, save rarely.
         

We are not, most of us, capable of exalted emotion, save rarely.


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If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.



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I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.



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We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.



Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.

Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.



We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.

We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.



Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.



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.

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.



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No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.



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