Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
EDITH STEINOne 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.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
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Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
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As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor’s soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love.
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When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
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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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Those who remain silent are responsible.
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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’.
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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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One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
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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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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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Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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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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The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
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