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It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Around Bills Christ Each Each Individual Easier Faith Farming Food God Hearty Him Hospitality House Individual Keep Living Money Needs Our Pay See Strong Supply Support Than Us Way Will

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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Again Conducive Down Knit Knitting Needles Nice Put Sock Take Then Thought Up Very While Write

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When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Christ Corners Distribute Forum Go Groups Literature Meals Meetings Night Out Reading Sell Spiritual Street Study Us

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Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Compelling Death Earth Faith Flesh God Kingdom More Our Philosophy Spread Stronger Sublime Than

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Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Brothers Clothing Feeding Mercy Must Our Together Works

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We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Allow Believe Fact Fundamental Goal Hinder Many Mission Must Nothing Passionately Pursuit Recognize Them

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Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Bodies Men More See Than Things Think Whole Women

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Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Call Dismissed Easily Me Saint Want

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We are the nation the most powerful, the most armed and we are supplying arms and money to the rest of the world where we are not ourselves fighting. We are eating while there is famine in the world.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Armed Arms Eating Famine Fighting Money Most Most Powerful Nation Ourselves Powerful Rest Where While World

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We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.

~Dorothy Day

Topics: Believe Better Brothers Color Conditions Creed Immediately Love Loving Means Our Owning Production Race Regardless Showing Ultimate Workers Working

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: November 8th, 1897

Died: November 29th, 1980

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