203 Quotes by Dorothy Day

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.

Love is an exchange of gifts,′ Saint Ignatius had said. It was in these simple, practical, down-to-earth ways that people could show their love for each other. If the love was not there in the beginning, but only the need, such gifts made love grow.

Every one of us who was attracted to the poor had a sense of guilt, of responsibility, a feeling that in some way we were living on the labor of others. The fact that we were born in a certain environment, were enabled to go to school, were endowed with the ability to compete with others and hold our own, that we had few physical disabilities – all these things marked us as the privileged in a way.

Idealism in the young, I guess I’m saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

Christ is God or He is the world’s greatest liar and imposter.

We should live in such a way that our lives wouldn’t make much sense if the gospel were not true.

People say, “What is the sense of our small effort?” They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.

Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.

What we would like to do is change the world – make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do.