"Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We……" — Dorothy Day
"Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington."
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Dorothy Day
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107 Quotes by Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day has 107 quotes on this site.
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The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
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What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed,…
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If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.
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It is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions....
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Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and…
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When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them.
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Turn off your radio. Put away your daily paper. Read one review of events a week and spend some time…
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Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience…
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What I want to bring out is how a pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all…
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It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.
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Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not just to minister to the slaves, but to…
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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while,…
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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