Dorothy Day Quotes

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

"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."
-Dorothy Day

"We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community."
-Dorothy Day

"Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily."
-Dorothy Day

"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart."
-Dorothy Day

"Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington."
-Dorothy Day