Giving Quotes by Dorothy Day

11 Giving quotes by Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day’s reflections on generosity are rooted in her lifelong commitment to social justice. This concise set offers a glimpse into her conviction that giving is both a moral duty and a path to communal healing.

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As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our…

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We certainly can try to grow in love, and it is good practice, this giving what we've got, whether it is a…

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It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living.

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The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of…

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I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me…

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If you are rushed for time, sow time and you will reap time. Go to church and spend a quiet hour in…

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Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do,…

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If we had had the privilege of giving hospitality to a Ho Chi Minh, with what respect and interest we would have…

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Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we…

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“Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we…

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Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me. I could see the nobility of giving one's life…

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Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

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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…

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Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.

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My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to…

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I think one of the things we must constantly keep in mind is, 'If anybody hits you on one cheek, turn the other.'

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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…

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Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.

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A conversion is a lonely experience.

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The sense is always that community is natural to people.

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“We must practice the presence of God. He said that when two or three are gathered together, there he is in the midst of…

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