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It is people who are important, not the masses.
Dorothy Day
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Dorothy Day
Age: 83 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 8
Died: 1980
Died: November 29
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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.
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If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.
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I think anarchy is natural to the Catholic. The Church is pretty anarchistic, you know. Who pays attention to the Pope or the Cardinals?
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We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.
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The work is more important than the talking and the writing about the work.
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It is not easy always to be joyful, to keep in mind the duty of delight.
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With prayer, one can go on cheerfully and even happily. Without prayer, how grim a journey!
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