There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
EDITH STEINThere is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
EDITH STEINAn ‘I’ without a body is a possibility. But a body without an ‘I’ is utterly impossible.
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.
EDITH STEINAs 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 STEINLet 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.
EDITH STEINThe woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
EDITH STEINUsually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
EDITH STEINMy longing for truth was a single prayer.
EDITH STEINOn 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.
EDITH STEINEverything 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.
EDITH STEINEach 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 STEINWe can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.
EDITH STEINEnergy 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.
EDITH STEINWhen you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
EDITH STEINWho can sleep on the night that God became man?
EDITH STEINThe nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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