"Where were the saints to try to change……" — Dorothy Day

Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not… - Dorothy Day

"Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not just to minister to the slaves, but to do away with slavery?"

— Dorothy Day

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107 Quotes by Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day has 107 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of…
What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed,…
If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.
It is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions....
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and…
When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them.
Turn off your radio. Put away your daily paper. Read one review of events a week and spend some time…
Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience…
What I want to bring out is how a pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all…
It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.
Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while,…

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More Change Quotes

This quote is filed under Change Quotes, one of 18,261 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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