Dorothy Day Quotes

Sometimes I wonder if we don't see Christ's love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.

You don't love if you don't take the beloved's faults for virtues.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

If we are truly disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will reach out with love and understanding to all of our neighbors at all times.

Where love is thick, faults are thin. If you really love someone, then it is difficult to find fault with him. His faults seem negligible, for love means oneness.

If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other’s faults and burdens.

When women love, they forgive everything...

He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.

Love is something that never cared to learn how to judge anybody.

Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love.

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

You have to give others the opportunity to love who you love. If they don't accept it, it's their loss.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

Choose to be kind. Choose to forgive. Let your love grow and shine so that people may look at the example of your life and glorify God in Heaven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely even those who hate you.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

As an American, and especially as a Christian, I am convinced that a love for our own people is not a bad thing, but love doesn't stop at borders. Love is infinitely boundless and all about holy trespassing and offensive friendships.

Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel.

Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.