"The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them."

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Source : Dorothy Day (2012). “All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day”, p.326, Image

Dorothy Day

#People Quotes #Grace Quotes #Grows Quotes

“We are paying teachers who are in charge of our human capital, arguably more important than our financial capital, a very tiny fraction of what Wall Streeters are paid.”
“Tolerance is often championed by people who nothing to stand for.”
“Birth is a beautiful thing.”
“His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.”

Source : 'Polyhymnia' (1590) ad fin. 'Sonnet'
“In the theater you rehearse for a minimum of five to six weeks. And then you get to play it. Which means you get to get better. That's the great thing about the theater.”
“Barack Obama's mother-in-law might be moving into the White House with him. Joe Biden was right. Hostile forces will test him in the first few months.”
“All of a sudden, space isn't friendly. All of a sudden, it's a place where people can die. . . . Many more people are going to die. But we can't explore space if the requirement is that there be no casualties; we can't do anything if the requirement is that there be no casualties.”
“When I'm all alone and I'm by myself, little Peter keeps me company.”

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