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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; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Capable Church Degree Devotion Elevation Gift God Heart Highest Himself Limitless Loving Makes Point Prayer Reached Souls Truly Which You

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The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Nation Need Needs Simply

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This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us. This is required of us so that the face of the earth may be renewed.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Cry Earth Face Lord May Renewed Required Reservation Serious Surrender Us Warning Who Without

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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Anyone Him Lead Me Them Want

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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 vocation to intercede to God for everyone.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Because Been Dear Everyone God Join Lost Near Order Our Them Those Vocation Who Won

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Whoever resorts regularly to the lessons of Holy Scripture as an apt pupil will take the Savior into her group, and the children will perceive that He is present and that He assists in their work; thus, He will take possession of their souls.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Apt Children Group He Her Holy Lessons Perceive Possession Present Pupil Regularly Savior Scripture Souls Take Thus Whoever Will Work

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My longing for truth was a single prayer.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Longing Prayer Single Truth

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Peoplehood tends to develop into nationhood if the people achieves a certain maturity. This is analogous to an individual person who becomes acquainted with herself only in the course of her life, without being able to say that she possessed no personal uniqueness at all before that 'self-recognition.'

~Edith Stein

Topics: Able Achieves Acquainted Becomes Before Being Certain Course Develop Her Herself Individual Life Maturity Only People Person Personal Possessed Say She Tends Uniqueness Who Without

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A community having the breadth and scope of a people still cannot claim to be an ethnic community unless and until there emerges from its mentality a distinctive culture particularized by the community's special character.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Breadth Cannot Character Claim Community Culture Distinctive Emerges Ethnic Having Mentality People Scope Special Still Unless Until

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The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every disciplinary measure and which does not instill any fear. And the most effective educational method is not the word of instruction but the living example without which all words remain useless.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Any Carried Does Educational Effective Entire Every Example Fear Instill Instruction Living Love Measure Method Most Must Out Process Remain Useless Which Without Word Words

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Saint

Born: October 12th, 1891

Died: August 9th, 1942

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