--- title: "21 Poor Quotes By Dorothy Day" description: "21 Poor quotes by Dorothy Day. Plus more from Dorothy Day and more Poor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/dorothy-day-1629_atheism_those-who-cannot-see-christ-in-the-poor_2748054.png" --- > [Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/those-who-cannot-see-christ-in-the-poor-are-atheists-indeed/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/dorothy-day-1629_atheism_those-who-cannot-see-christ-in-the-poor_2748054.png) > [Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if-we-took-care-of-the-poor-even/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png) > [I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-firmly-believe-that-our-salvation-depends-on-the-poor/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/dorothy-day-1629_believe_i-firmly-believe-that-our-salvation-depe_752675.png) > [If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-feed-the-poor-you-re-a-saint-if-you-ask-why-they-re-poor-you/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/dorothy-day-1629_asks_if-you-feed-the-poor-you-re-a-saint-if-y_2108170.png) > [“There are two things you should know about the poor: they tend to smell, and they are ungrateful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/there-are-two-things-you-should-know-about-the-poor-they-tend-to/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/dorothy-day-1629_charity_there-are-two-things-you-should-know-abo_1793394.png) > [If you have two coats, one of them belongs to the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-have-two-coats-one-of-them-belongs-to-the-poor/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/dorothy-day-1629_belongs_if-you-have-two-coats-one-of-them-belong_816300.png) > [The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-gospel-takes-away-our-right-forever-to-discriminate-between-the/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/dorothy-day-1629_deserving_the-gospel-takes-away-our-right-forever_1116549.png) > [I cannot worry much about your sins and miseries when I have so many of my own. I can only love you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-cannot-worry-much-about-your-sins-and-miseries-when-i-have-so-many-2/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/dorothy-day-1629_add_i-cannot-worry-much-about-your-sins-and_3211946.png) > [I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-offered-up-a-special-prayer-a-prayer-which-came-with-tears-and/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/dorothy-day-1629_anguish_i-offered-up-a-special-prayer-a-prayer-w_2725991.jpg) > [The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-mystery-of-poverty-is-that-by-sharing-in-it-making-ourselves-poor/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/dorothy-day-1629_belief_the-mystery-of-poverty-is-that-by-sharin_1466074.png) > [Voluntary poverty isn't going around with some burlap bag around you and imitating the poor. It means being indifferent to the material,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/dorothy-day-1629_bags_voluntary-poverty-isn-t-going-around-wit_101682.png) > [I do not know how to love God except by loving the poor. I do not know how to serve God except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-do-not-know-how-to-love-god-except-by-loving-the-poor-i-do-not-know/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/dorothy-day-1629_bases_i-do-not-know-how-to-love-god-except-by_2046567.png) > [This is so rich a country that luxury has developed at the expense of necessities, and even the destitute partake of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/this-is-so-rich-a-country-that-luxury-has-developed-at-the-expense-of/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/dorothy-day-1629_abraham_this-is-so-rich-a-country-that-luxury-ha_2488845.png) > [I cannot worry much about your sins and miseries when I have so many of my own. I can only love you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-cannot-worry-much-about-your-sins-and-miseries-when-i-have-so-many/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/dorothy-day-1629_add_i-cannot-worry-much-about-your-sins-and_2671309.png) > [If you are rushed for time, sow time and you will reap time. Go to church and spend a quiet hour in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-are-rushed-for-time-sow-time-and-you-will-reap-time-go-to/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/dorothy-day-1629_church_if-you-are-rushed-for-time-sow-time-and_1456573.jpg) > [What we would like to do is change the world...by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, of the poor,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/dorothy-day-1629_around-the-world_what-we-would-like-to-do-is-change-the-w_362551.jpg) > [We want no revolution; we want the brotherhood of men. We want men to love one another. We want all men to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-want-no-revolution-we-want-the-brotherhood-of-men-we-want-men-to/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/dorothy-day-1629_brotherhood_we-want-no-revolution-we-want-the-brothe_431077.png) > [We're living in an age of genocide. ...And we do believe that there is not only the genocide of war, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-re-living-in-an-age-of-genocide-and-we-do-believe-that-there-is/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/dorothy-day-1629_abortion_we-re-living-in-an-age-of-genocide-and-w_1155012.jpg) > [So many sins against the poor cry out to high heaven! One of the most deadly sins is to deprive the laborer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/so-many-sins-against-the-poor-cry-out-to-high-heaven-one-of-the-most/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/dorothy-day-1629_advertising_so-many-sins-against-the-poor-cry-out-to_624933.jpg) > [I felt that the Church was the Church of the poor,... but at the same time, I felt that it did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-felt-that-the-church-was-the-church-of-the-poor-but-at-the-same/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/dorothy-day-1629_catholic_i-felt-that-the-church-was-the-church-of_757210.jpg) > [Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/do-not-give-to-the-poor-expecting-to-get-their-gratitude-so-that-you/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/dorothy-day-1629_about-yourself_do-not-give-to-the-poor-expecting-to-get_1081158.jpg) ## Other authors on Poor ## 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/poor/dorothy-day/#itemlist", "name": "21 Poor Quotes By Dorothy Day", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/those-who-cannot-see-christ-in-the-poor-are-atheists-indeed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/dorothy-day-1629_atheism_those-who-cannot-see-christ-in-the-poor_2748054.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/dorothy-day-1629_atheism_those-who-cannot-see-christ-in-the-poor_2748054.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/dorothy-day-1629_atheism_those-who-cannot-see-christ-in-the-poor_2748054.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.” — Dorothy Day", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our Bibles!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if-we-took-care-of-the-poor-even/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our Bibles!” — Dorothy Day", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-firmly-believe-that-our-salvation-depends-on-the-poor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/dorothy-day-1629_believe_i-firmly-believe-that-our-salvation-depe_752675.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/dorothy-day-1629_believe_i-firmly-believe-that-our-salvation-depe_752675.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/dorothy-day-1629_believe_i-firmly-believe-that-our-salvation-depe_752675.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.” — Dorothy Day", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you feed the poor, you're a saint. 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