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# Edith Schaeffer

(1914–2013)   Writer   United States

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Edith Schaeffer was a writer from the United States, best known for *L'Abri*.

## Quick Facts About Edith Schaeffer

Born November 3, 1914

Died March 30, 2013

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works L'Abri

Spouse Francis Schaeffer

## About Edith Schaeffer

Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer was a Christian author and co-founder of L'Abri, a Christian organization which hosts guests. She was the wife of Francis Schaeffer, and the mother of Frank Schaeffer and three other children.

##  Quotes by Edith Schaeffer

> [When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/when-people-insist-on-perfection-or-nothing-they-get-nothing/)

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> [It makes sense that there is no sense without God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-makes-sense-that-there-is-no-sense-without-god/)

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> [In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/in-a-fallen-world-if-you-demand-perfection-or-nothing-you-will-always/)

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[Demand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demand/)

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> [“Writing for enjoyment of expression does not need an audience of more than one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/writing-for-enjoyment-of-expression-does-not-need-an-audience-of-more/)

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[Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/)

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> [It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-not-a-waste-to-write-beautiful-prose-or-poetry-for-one-person-s/)

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[Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/)

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> [Encouraged, we recognise the importance of living artistically, aesthetically and creatively as creative creatures of the creator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/encouraged-we-recognise-the-importance-of-living-artistically/)

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> [The thing about real life is that important events don't announce themselves... Usually something that is going to change your whole life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/the-thing-about-real-life-is-that-important-events-don-t-announce-2/)

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> [If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/if-children-haven-t-been-read-to-they-don-t-love-books-they-need-to/)

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> [“For anyone who wants to write, and hopes some day to publish what he or she has written, it is far more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/for-anyone-who-wants-to-write-and-hopes-some-day-to-publish-what-he/)

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[Writer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/)

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> [We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/we-foolish-mortals-sometimes-live-through-years-not-realizing-how/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/people-throw-away-what-they-could-have-by-insisting-on-perfection/)

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> [The most precious thing a human being has to give is time. There is so very little of it, after all, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/the-most-precious-thing-a-human-being-has-to-give-is-time-there-is-so/)

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[Giving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/)

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> [“Whether in music, or other things, one never knows what surprisingly satisfying things God has in His plan for the developed talent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/whether-in-music-or-other-things-one-never-knows-what-surprisingly/)

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[Music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/)

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> [I am sure that there is no place in the world where your message would not be enhanced by your making the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/i-am-sure-that-there-is-no-place-in-the-world-where-your-message/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Our personal afflictions involve the living God; the only way in which Satan can persecute or afflict God is through attacking the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/our-personal-afflictions-involve-the-living-god-the-only-way-in-which/)

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> [There needs to be a homemaker exercising some measure of skill, imagination, creativity, desire to fulfill needs and give pleasure to others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-needs-to-be-a-homemaker-exercising-some-measure-of-skill/)

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[Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/)

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> [What are your choices? Whom are your choices for? Not just for yourself. Chose now whom you will serve, and that choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/what-are-your-choices-whom-are-your-choices-for-not-just-for-yourself/)

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> [There is no occasion when meals should become totally unimportant. Meals can be very small indeed, very inexpensive, short times taken in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-is-no-occasion-when-meals-should-become-totally-unimportant/)

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> [Food cannot take care of spiritual, psychological and emotional problems, but the feeling of being loved and cared for, the actual comfort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/food-cannot-take-care-of-spiritual-psychological-and-emotional/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [A Christian, who realizes he has been made in the image of the Creator God and is therefore meant to be creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/a-christian-who-realizes-he-has-been-made-in-the-image-of-the-creator/)

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> [Everyone who has any talent at all in sketching, painting, sculpturing or carving, should have the opportunity to use that talent. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/everyone-who-has-any-talent-at-all-in-sketching-painting-sculpturing/)

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> [Human beings are very unbalanced and prone to go off on tangents. In every area of life- with too great emphasis on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/human-beings-are-very-unbalanced-and-prone-to-go-off-on-tangents-in/)

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> [If you \*stop\* putting off homemaking until your hope of marriage develops into a reality, and \*start\* to develop an interesting home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/if-you-stop-putting-off-homemaking-until-your-hope-of-marriage/)

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[Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/)

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> [There are various art forms we may or may not have talent for, may or may not have time for, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-are-various-art-forms-we-may-or-may-not-have-talent-for-may-or/)

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> [ “\[W\]e need to remind ourselves that although prayer is a very personal and private communication with God, pouring out our repentance and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/w-e-need-to-remind-ourselves-that-although-prayer-is-a-very-personal/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [Is a Christian- one who communicates daily with the Creator- to divorce himself from the things God created and intended man to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/is-a-christian-one-who-communicates-daily-with-the-creator-to-divorce/)

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[Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/)

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> [“I often advise young brides who are traveling during their first weeks or months of marriage to start "homemaking" in a hotel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/i-often-advise-young-brides-who-are-traveling-during-their-first/)

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[Homemaking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/homemaking/)

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> [Don't be fearful about the journey ahead; don't worry about where you are going or how you are going to get there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/don-t-be-fearful-about-the-journey-ahead-don-t-worry-about-where-you/)

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> [“Interior decoration is not just one's artistic efforts, but it is that which your home (even if it is just a room)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/interior-decoration-is-not-just-one-s-artistic-efforts-but-it-is-that/)

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> [“I cannot understand the almost exclusive emphasis on racial integration, when in fact we are getting more and more segregated into tight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/i-cannot-understand-the-almost-exclusive-emphasis-on-racial/)

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[Racism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/)

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> [Children are meant to understand compassion and comfort because they have received compassion and comfort - and this should be in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/children-are-meant-to-understand-compassion-and-comfort-because-they/)

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> [If you have been afraid that your love of beautiful flowers and the flickering flame of the candle is somehow less spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/if-you-have-been-afraid-that-your-love-of-beautiful-flowers-and-the/)

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> [“All art involves conscious discipline. If one is going to paint, do sculpture, design a building or write a book, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/all-art-involves-conscious-discipline-if-one-is-going-to-paint-do/)

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> [It is not necessary to have an extravagant food budget in order to serve things with variety and tastefully cooked. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-not-necessary-to-have-an-extravagant-food-budget-in-order-to/)

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> [“God's fighting for us does not exclude the responsibility to be prepared for battle both in the area of strategy and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/god-s-fighting-for-us-does-not-exclude-the-responsibility-to-be/)

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[Prayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer/)

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> [“The tight little segregated life, always spent with people your own age, economic group, educational background, and culture tends to bring an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/the-tight-little-segregated-life-always-spent-with-people-your-own/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [It seems to me that whether it is recognized or not, there is a terrific frustration which increases in intensity and harmfulness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-seems-to-me-that-whether-it-is-recognized-or-not-there-is-a/)

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> [There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/there-is-something-about-saying-we-always-do-this-which-helps-keep/)

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[Best gift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-gift/)

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> [“It is true that all men are created in the image of God, but Christians are supposed to be conscious of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-schaeffer/it-is-true-that-all-men-are-created-in-the-image-of-god-but/)

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                        "text": "A Christian, who realizes he has been made in the image of the Creator God and is therefore meant to be creative on a finite level, should certainly have more understanding of his responsibility to treat God's creation with sensitivity, and should develop his talents to do something to beautify his little spot on the earth's surface.",
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                        "text": "Human beings are very unbalanced and prone to go off on tangents. In every area of life- with too great emphasis on one thing, leaving out another important thing altogether. None of us will ever be perfectly balanced in our spiritual lives, our intellectual lives, our emotional lives, our family lives, in relationships with other human beings, or in our business lives. BUT WE ARE CHALLENGED TO TRY, WITH THE HELP OF GOD. We are meant to live in the scriptures.",
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                        "text": "If you *stop* putting off homemaking until your hope of marriage develops into a reality, and *start* to develop an interesting home right now, it seems to me two things will happen: first, you will develop into the person you could be as you surround yourself with things that express your own tastes and ideas; and second, as you relax and become interested in areas of creativity, you will develop into a more interesting person to be with.",
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                        "text": "There are various art forms we may or may not have talent for, may or may not have time for, and we may or may not be able to express ourselves in, but we ought to consider this fact-that whether we choose to be an environment or not, we are. We produce an environment other people have to live in. We should be conscious of the fact that this environment which we produce by our very 'being' can affect the people who live with us or work with us.",
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                        "text": "“[W]e need to remind ourselves that although prayer is a very personal and private communication with God, pouring out our repentance and sorrow for sin, it is also to be a constant connection with God, an unbroken communication, a means of receiving assurance as to how to go on in this next hour in our work, and our means of receiving guidance. Prayer is also to be our means of receiving sufficient grace and strength to do what we are being guided to do. This reality is to be handed to the next generation, not to end when we die.”",
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                        "text": "Is a Christian- one who communicates daily with the Creator- to divorce himself from the things God created and intended man to have, and which demonstrate the fact that man has been made in the image of God? In other words, are we who have been made in the image of our creator to be less creative than those who do not know the Creator? The Christian should have more vividly expressed creativity in his daily life.",
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                        "text": "“I often advise young brides who are traveling during their first weeks or months of marriage to start \"homemaking\" in a hotel, even if they are there for only a night, rather than groaning about having to \"wait so long to have a home\". How? ...Your own cloth, your own candlestick, just one rose or daffodil is enough to make a difference... You will be surprised how much difference it makes to have done something to make a room your home, even for one night.”",
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                        "text": "Don't be fearful about the journey ahead; don't worry about where you are going or how you are going to get there. If you believe in the first person of the Trinity, God the Father, also believe in the second person of the Trinity, the one who came as the Light of the World, not only to die for people, but to light the way... This one, Jesus Christ, is himself the Light and will guide your footsteps along the way.",
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                        "text": "“Interior decoration is not just one's artistic efforts, but it is that which your home (even if it is just a room) is. If you are 'decorating' with clothes draped on every chair, with scratched and broken furniture- it is still your interior decoration! Your home expresses you to other people, and they cannot see or feel your daydreams of what you expect to make in that misty future, when all the circumstances are what you think they must be before you will find it worthwhile to start. You have started, whether you recognize that fact or not! We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.”",
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                        "text": "“I cannot understand the almost exclusive emphasis on racial integration, when in fact we are getting more and more segregated into tight little cliques on age grounds.”",
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                        "text": "If you have been afraid that your love of beautiful flowers and the flickering flame of the candle is somehow less spiritual than living in starkness and ugliness, remember that He who created you to be creative gave you the things with which to make beauty and the sensitivity to appreciate and respond to His creation.",
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                        "text": "“God's fighting for us does not exclude the responsibility to be prepared for battle both in the area of strategy and in equipment. Trusting God completely in prayer, believing that He is able to do all things, does not remove the need to pray for His strength to accomplish what He has prepared us to do! We are to do what He is unfolding for us to do, fulfilling what God is giving us strength to do, acknowledging that it is His strength and not ours. It is a truly active passive, not a false whining humbleness that says, 'I can't do anything; I'm too weak.”",
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