Dorothy Day Quotes

One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young 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 we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.

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

There was no attack on religion because people were generally indifferent to religion. They were neither hot nor cold. They were the tepid, the materialistic, who hoped that by Sunday churchgoing they would be taking care of the afterlife, if there were an afterlife. Meanwhile they would get everything they could in this.

There are two things you should know about the poor: they tend to smell, and they are ungrateful.

If I had written the greatest book, composed the greatest symphony, painted the most beautiful painting or carved the most exquisite figure I could not have felt the more exalted creator than I did when they placed my child in my arms.

Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.

Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.