Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the f... -Dorothy Day

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Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.

Dorothy Day , Activist
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Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert. She co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement, which advocated for the rights of the poor and homeless and promoted social justice and nonviolence. Day's commitment to serving the marginalized and her dedication to pacifism and social reform made her a prominent figure in the Catholic Church and the social justice movement. Her work with the Catholic Worker Movement continues to inspire and influence charitable and activist organizations worldwide. Dorothy Day's advocacy for the poor and her devotion to living a life of simplicity and service have left a lasting legacy that continues to resonate with people committed to social justice and humanitarian causes.

Dorothy Day Quotes to Explore

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on....
I believe that we must reach our brother, never toning down our fundamental oppositions, but meeting him when he asks to be met, with a reason for the...
Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul....
Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do....
Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them....
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 co...

Fear Quotes to Explore

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people....
I think people who become compulsive about fitness or eating right, a lot of the time it's out of fear that they're going to lose control or that they...
There is the theory... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love....
Don't react with fear and panic in the face of debt collector threats. Talk to them and explain your situation. See if you can work out a compromise....
God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear....
Even death doesn't worry me, man. When my mother died it was because she finished her time on earth. I know that when I die I'll see her again, so how...
Knight without fear and without reproach....
Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them....
The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shoul...
By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the...