Quote by Dorothy Day
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of w

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. – Dorothy Day

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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. – Dorothy Day

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Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling. – Dorothy Day

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The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on. – Dorothy Day

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A lot of women these days, a lot of young women dont want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous girl power sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think its a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion. – Ani DiFranco

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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. – Samuel Butler

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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best. – Harold W. Dodds

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When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of. – Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

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The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination. – Ai Weiwei

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil

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Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. – Proverb