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.
EDITH STEINThere is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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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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The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church.
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Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
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One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
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We will always find fundamentally the compulsion to become what the soul should be.
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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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The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
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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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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 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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The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
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