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People Quotes by Dorothy Day
- What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as…
- When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them.
- The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But…
- Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we will bear with…
- What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as…
- We want no revolution; we want the brotherhood of men. We want men to love one another. We want all men to have what is…
- To feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the harborless without also trying to change the social order so that people can feed, clothe…
- I do not know how to love God except by loving the poor. I do not know how to serve God except by serving the…
- "How can you see Christ in people?" And we only say: It is an act of faith, constantly repeated. It is an act of love,…
- I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk…
- It is people who are important, not the masses.
- True love is delicate and kind, full of gentle perception and understanding, full of beauty and grace, full of joy unutterable. There should be some…
- We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.
- People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step…
- Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each…
- The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace.…
- One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle