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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.

— Dorothy Day On Pilgrimage (1948)

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Our rule is the works of mercy… It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence.

The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History (1997)

The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?

Loaves and Fishes (1963)

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance.

The Duty of Delight (2011)

When people are standing up for our present rotten system, they are being worse than Communists, it seems to me.

The Duty of Delight (2011)

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