The Bread that we need each day to grow in eternal life, makes of our will a docile instrument of the Divine Will; sets the Kingdom of God within us; gives us pure lips, and a pure heart with which to glorify his holy name.
EDITH STEINUsually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
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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.
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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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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.
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Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
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Each finite creature can reflect only a fraction of the divine nature; thus, in the diversity of His creatures, God’s infinity, unity and oneness appear to be broken into an effulfgence of manifold rays.
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Who can sleep on the night that God became man?
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Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural, maternal yearning.
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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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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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Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him.
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Those who remain silent are responsible.
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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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