On the question of relating to our fellowman – our neighbor’s spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
EDITH STEIN
EDITH STEIN
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Edith Stein32 quotes · See all“On the question of relating to our fellowman – our neighbor’s spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.”
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Edith SteinEdith Stein There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
Edith SteinEdith Stein The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
Edith SteinEdith Stein Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul ‘prays in us with unspeakable groanings’.
Edith SteinEdith Stein Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
Edith SteinEdith Stein The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church.
Edith SteinEdith Stein We will always find fundamentally the compulsion to become what the soul should be.
Edith SteinEdith Stein Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole.
Edith SteinEdith Stein Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day’s work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power to accomplish it.
Edith SteinEdith Stein When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
Edith SteinEdith Stein The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
Edith SteinEdith Stein Those who remain silent are responsible.
Edith SteinEdith Stein We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.
Edith SteinEdith Stein One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Alan WattsAlan Watts None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.
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