This is thrilling. Not just the mention of my favorite quote from THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, but I actually scrubbed the toilets at the Catholic Worker farm in Tivoli not long before it closed. 
     I did it once because I saw it needed doing-things were getting more and more disorganized and soon attempts to save the farm with Workers coming up from New York would fail and the farm would eventually move to Marlboro. 
    I was a guest and it was a more pro-active action than helping wash the dishes when help was not needed. I knew it was more Christ-like to scrub the toilets than vain pretension and I had experienced enough of that. 
   In reflection her statement is the essence of Zen. When you have experienced enlightenment you chop wood and carry water. Meaning carry on the tasks of daily life. I think few would take issue with the idea that Dorothy Day was an enlightened person.