Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.

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"I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least."

- Dorothy Day

Love

"What we would like to do is change the world — make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do."

- Dorothy Day

Compassion

"People say, 'What is the sense of our small effort?' They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do."

- Dorothy Day

Motivation

"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."

- Dorothy Day

Connection to Earth

""The best things to do with the best things in life is to give them away.""

- Dorothy Day

Generosity

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"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Vince Lombardi

Well-being

"Sometimes you lie in bed at night and you don’t have a single thing to worry about. That always worries me!"

- Charlie Brown

Well-being

"People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full. Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass."

- Sophia Petrillo

Well-being

"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work."

- Robert Orben

Well-being

"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: You wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter."

- John Gotti

Well-being