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… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
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. — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory,… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural, maternal… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
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… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
The motive, principle, and end of the religious life is to make an absolute gift of self to God in a self-forgetting love, to… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
I had given up practising my Jewish religion when I was a 14-year-old girl and did not begin to feel Jewish again until I… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him. — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
We will always find fundamentally the compulsion to become what the soul should be. — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
