An ‘I’ without a body is a possibility. But a body without an ‘I’ is utterly impossible.
EDITH STEINAnyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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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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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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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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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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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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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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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Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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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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Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
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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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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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