--- title: "10 Enough Quotes By Dorothy Day" description: "10 Enough quotes by Dorothy Day. Plus more from Dorothy Day and more Enough sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/dorothy-day-1629_casts_love-casts-out-fear-but-we-have-to-get-o_2839292.png" --- > [Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/love-casts-out-fear-but-we-have-to-get-over-the-fear-in-order-to-get/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/dorothy-day-1629_casts_love-casts-out-fear-but-we-have-to-get-o_2839292.png) > [Be close enough to people so that you are indifferent to the material. And also have faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/be-close-enough-to-people-so-that-you-are-indifferent-to-the-material/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/dorothy-day-1629_enough_be-close-enough-to-people-so-that-you-ar_3075426.png) > [If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other’s faults and burdens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-we-love-each-other-enough-we-will-bear-with-each-other-s-faults/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/dorothy-day-1629_bears_if-we-love-each-other-enough-we-will-bea_1502870.png) > [There's enough hate in the world. I command you to love. And you have to make an effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/there-s-enough-hate-in-the-world-i-command-you-to-love-and-you-have/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/dorothy-day-1629_command_there-s-enough-hate-in-the-world-i-comma_1789439.png) > [Often we comfort ourselves only with words, but if we pray enough, the conviction will come too that Christ is our King,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/often-we-comfort-ourselves-only-with-words-but-if-we-pray-enough-the/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/dorothy-day-1629_all-things_often-we-comfort-ourselves-only-with-wor_1282241.png) > [My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/dorothy-day-1629_communist_my-whole-life-so-far-my-whole-experience_148010.png) > [When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them. God sees Christ, His Son, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/when-you-love-people-you-see-all-the-good-in-them-all-the-christ-in-2/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/dorothy-day-1629_and-love_when-you-love-people-you-see-all-the-goo_3211351.png) > [Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/love-and-ever-more-love-is-the-only-solution-to-every-problem-that-3/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/dorothy-day-1629_bad-people_love-and-ever-more-love-is-the-only-solu_2198351.png) > [“Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/love-and-ever-more-love-is-the-only-solution-to-every-problem-that/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/dorothy-day-1629_bad-people_love-and-ever-more-love-is-the-only-solu_258444.png) > [And I was to find out then, as I found out so many times, over and over again, that women especially are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/and-i-was-to-find-out-then-as-i-found-out-so-many-times-over-and-over/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/dorothy-day-1629_busy_and-i-was-to-find-out-then-as-i-found-ou_1887188.jpg) ## Other authors on Enough ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough/dorothy-day/#itemlist", "name": "10 Enough Quotes By Dorothy Day", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/love-casts-out-fear-but-we-have-to-get-over-the-fear-in-order-to-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/dorothy-day-1629_casts_love-casts-out-fear-but-we-have-to-get-o_2839292.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/dorothy-day-1629_casts_love-casts-out-fear-but-we-have-to-get-o_2839292.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/dorothy-day-1629_casts_love-casts-out-fear-but-we-have-to-get-o_2839292.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.” — Dorothy Day", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Be close enough to people so that you are indifferent to the material. 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