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Both spiritual companionship and spiritual motherliness are not limited to the physical wife and mother relationship, but they extend to all people with whom woman comes into contact.

~Edith Stein

Topics: All People Both Companionship Contact Extend Limited Mother People Physical Relationship Spiritual Whom Wife Woman

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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 by loving it, embrace it in the will.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Embrace Eternal God Hold Image Keep Loving Memory Must Order Spirit Turn Will

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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 love.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Anguish Because Break Concerns End Fellow Fellow Men God Itself Love Love Is Means Men Must Neighbor Our Precept Relations Soul

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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

Topics: Commandment Else End Every Everything Everything Else God Love Love Is Means Need Neighbor Our Question Relating Since Spiritual Transcends

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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 Stein

Topics: Able Cannot Case Could Every Healthy Hold Need Normal Position Practiced Profession Say Which Woman

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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 the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Church Every Holy Holy Spirit Living Means Prayer Prays Since Single Single Soul Soul Spirit True Unspeakable Us Who

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As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people are mistaken about each others' experiences.

~Edith Stein

Topics: About Complete Each Experiences God Knowledge Mistaken Others People

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Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls' education.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Education Girl Goal Imitation Mary Must Prototype Pure Since Womanhood

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The emotions have been seen as the center of woman's soul. For that reason, emotional formation will have to be centrally placed in woman's formation.

~Edith Stein

Topics: Been Center Emotional Emotions Formation Placed Reason Seen Soul Will Woman

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All our own present experiences are primordial. What could be more primordial than experience itself?

~Edith Stein

Topics: Could Experience Experiences Itself More Our Own Present Than

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Saint

Born: October 12th, 1891

Died: August 9th, 1942

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