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Dorothy Day Quotes: The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love.
         

The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love.


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The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.

The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.



If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.

If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.



I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.

I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.



We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.



Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.

Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.



We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.

We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.



Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.



We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.



No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.

No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.



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. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.

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. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.





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