Quotes from On Pilgrimage — Dorothy Day
1897–1980 United States
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Of all the charges made against the Communists these days of congressional investigations, the charge of loose morals is seldom heard, so very loose have become those of "Christian" people.
On Pilgrimage (1948)
I have been disillusioned, however, this long, long time in the means used by any but the saints to live in this world God has made for us.
On Pilgrimage (1948)
Often we comfort ourselves only with words, but if we pray enough, the conviction will come too that Christ is our King, not Stalin, Bevins, or Truman. That He has all things in His hands, that 'all things work together for good for those that love Him.
On Pilgrimage (1948)
My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to a rejection of the radical movement after my early membership in the Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Communist affiliates I worked with.
On Pilgrimage (1948)