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The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what you do for them you do for Him. It is the only way we have of knowing and believing in our 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.

— Dorothy Day

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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.

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

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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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