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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?

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Dorothy Day
Age: 83 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 8
Died: 1980
Died: November 29
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God forbid we should have great institutions. The thing is to have many small centres. The ideal is community.
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