Edith Stein Quotes

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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;…
• And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has…
• Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.
• The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
• My longing for truth was a single prayer.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our…
• If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
• In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and…

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