Desire Poverty and Hard Work

Peter was no dreamer but knew men as they were.  That is why he spoke so much of the need for a philosophy of work.  Once they had that, once their desires were changed, half the battle was won.  To make men desire poverty and hard work, that was the problem.  It would take example, and the grace of God, to do it.--Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, pg. 226