The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.
Dorothy DayBe close enough to people so that you are indifferent to the material. And also have faith.
Dorothy DayTradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington.
Dorothy Day