78 Quotes by Edith Stein

We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.

Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.

Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.

Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural, maternal yearning.

Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.

When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.

The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.

One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.

Those who remain silent are responsible.