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> [What we would like to do is change the world...by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, of the poor, of the destitute. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/what-we-would-like-to-do-is-change-the-world-by-crying-out/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

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> [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…We can, to a certain extent, change the world; we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/what-we-would-like-to-do-is-change-the-world-make-it-a-little-simpler-2/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

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## Other authors on Be confident

## More by Dorothy Day

> [“There was no attack on religion because people were generally indifferent to religion. They were neither hot nor cold. They were the tepid, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/there-was-no-attack-on-religion-because-people-were-generally/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-must-recognize-the-fact-that-many-nazis-marxists-and-fascists/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [“Now don't think I've lost my mind - but I'll tell you, I'll look at some of the cards I have, some of Van…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/now-don-t-think-i-ve-lost-my-mind-but-i-ll-tell-you-i-ll-look-at-some/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [The Sexual Revolution is a complete rebellion against authority, natural and supernatural, even against the body and its needs, its natural functions of child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-sexual-revolution-is-a-complete-rebellion-against-authority/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/idealism-in-the-young-i-guess-i-m-saying-is-curiosity-as-well-as/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [Voluntary poverty isn't going around with some burlap bag around you and imitating the poor. It means being indifferent to the material, doing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/voluntary-poverty-isn-t-going-around-with-some-burlap-bag-around-you/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/women-think-with-their-whole-bodies-and-they-see-things-as-a-whole/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/my-whole-life-so-far-my-whole-experience-has-been-that-our-failure/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [I think one of the things we must constantly keep in mind is, 'If anybody hits you on one cheek, turn the other.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-think-one-of-the-things-we-must-constantly-keep-in-mind-is-if/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/it-is-only-through-religion-that-communism-can-be-achieved-and-has/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [The Communists in Cuba didn't assist Castro in his revolution. They weren't on the side of the students. They didn't do anything to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-communists-in-cuba-didn-t-assist-castro-in-his-revolution-they/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/dear-god-please-enlarge-our-hearts-to-love-each-other-to-love-our/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [A conversion is a lonely experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/a-conversion-is-a-lonely-experience/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [The sense is always that community is natural to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-sense-is-always-that-community-is-natural-to-people/)

[Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/)

> [“We must practice the presence of God. He said that when two or three are gathered together, there he is in the midst of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-must-practice-the-presence-of-god-he-said-that-when-two-or-three/)

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