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.
EDITH STEINOne cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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We will always find fundamentally the compulsion to become what the soul should be.
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The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
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When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
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The deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must ‘go out of oneself’; that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it.
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Those who remain silent are responsible.
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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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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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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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Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him.
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Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.
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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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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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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
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