--- title: "10 Trying Quotes By Dorothy Day" description: "10 Trying quotes by Dorothy Day. Plus more from Dorothy Day and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/dorothy-day-1629_communist_certainly-we-disagree-with-the-communist_2620734.png" --- > [Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/certainly-we-disagree-with-the-communist-party-as-we-disagree-with/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/dorothy-day-1629_communist_certainly-we-disagree-with-the-communist_2620734.png) > [Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/common-sense-in-religion-is-rare-and-we-are-too-often-trying-to-be/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d51/dorothy-day-1629_common_common-sense-in-religion-is-rare-and-we_976197.png) > [If you are going to try and change things, you had better have your wits about you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-are-going-to-try-and-change-things-you-had-better-have-your/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/dorothy-day-1629_change_if-you-are-going-to-try-and-change-thing_482907.png) > [We certainly can try to grow in love, and it is good practice, this giving what we've got, whether it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-certainly-can-try-to-grow-in-love-and-it-is-good-practice-this/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/dorothy-day-1629_bills_we-certainly-can-try-to-grow-in-love-and_1259440.png) > [Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not just to minister to the slaves, but to do away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/where-were-the-saints-to-try-to-change-the-social-order-not-just-to/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/dorothy-day-1629_ministers_where-were-the-saints-to-try-to-change-t_979529.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/dorothy-day-1629_curiosity_idealism-in-the-young-i-guess-i-m-saying_100341.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) > [To feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the harborless without also trying to change the social order so that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/to-feed-the-hungry-clothe-the-naked-and-shelter-the-harborless/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/dorothy-day-1629_child-of-god_to-feed-the-hungry-clothe-the-naked-and_495206.jpg) > [Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me. I could see the nobility of giving one's life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/whatever-i-had-read-as-a-child-about-the-saints-had-thrilled-me-i/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/dorothy-day-1629_avoiding_whatever-i-had-read-as-a-child-about-the_2158714.jpg) > [To try to stop war by placing before men's eyes the terrible suffering involved will never succeed, because men are willing (in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/to-try-to-stop-war-by-placing-before-men-s-eyes-the-terrible/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/dorothy-day-1629_aim_to-try-to-stop-war-by-placing-before-men_1686614.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/dorothy-day/#itemlist", "name": "10 Trying Quotes By Dorothy Day", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/certainly-we-disagree-with-the-communist-party-as-we-disagree-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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