One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
EDITH STEINEach woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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Energy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to understand such economy.
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An ‘I’ without a body is a possibility. But a body without an ‘I’ is utterly impossible.
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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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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.
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Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
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Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
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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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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.
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The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
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The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
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