One 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.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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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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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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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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An ‘I’ without a body is a possibility. But a body without an ‘I’ is utterly impossible.
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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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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
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Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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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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When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
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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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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
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Who can sleep on the night that God became man?
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The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
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