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> [“Love in action is harsh and dreadful when compared to love in dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/love-in-action-is-harsh-and-dreadful-when-compared-to-love-in-dreams/)

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

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> [As Dostoevski said: 'Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/as-dostoevski-said-love-in-action-is-a-harsh-and-dreadful-thing/)

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

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## Other authors on Compared Love

## 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/)

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

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