Dorothy Day Quotes

We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.

God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy.

What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Christianity is sustained by the knowledge that the object of man's life on earth is his development as an eternal being. Therefore, none of his expressions of life can be an end in itself, but must serve a higher purpose than the earthly life and happiness of the individual - or even than that of the race.

I call it the birth vision - what we are called to accomplish. If we follow this calling, we help spiritualize the planet.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

Jesus represents the possibilities of a new dimension of existence that transcends all the boundaries that restrict us from opening ourselves to God and allowing this source of love to flow through us.

I never called myself into ministry. God called me when I was 18 years old to preach the Gospel so I've preached the Gospel.

I have faith that God often uses our deepest pain as the launching pad of our greatest calling.

I've been a sinner and a saint. If you've been a saint all your life, it's pretty easy to sleep at night. If you've been a sinner, you're just as comfortable in it.

We're born spiritually dead, and I'm calling for everyone to become spiritually alive. Secondly, don't wait until later to live the way you were created.

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.

If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ.

You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your soul; I have found saintliness in avowed atheists.

Saints are simply men & women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.

Everything vanishes round me and good works rise from me of their own accord.