There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman. Edith Stein More Quotes by Edith Stein More Quotes From Edith Stein 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 loving will memory god 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 words process fear love Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls' education. Edith Stein must pure goal education 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 emotions woman will soul During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will. Edith Stein will angry stubborn time Because human development is the most specific and exalted mission of woman, studies in anthropology and theory of pedagogy are essential in girls' education. Edith Stein mission woman development education The community that stands behind a culture as a comprehensively productive personality must be so extensive that in it, to a certain degree, all partialities balance out and work together. Edith Stein personality together work culture 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 will group work children As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people are mistaken about each others' experiences. Edith Stein others god people knowledge The state has got to be its own master. The modalities of civic life may not be prescribed for it through any power standing outside of that state - be it a private person or be it a community superior, collateral, or subordinate to that state. Edith Stein person community power life 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 community character culture people 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 person maturity life people Diverse forms of memory can have a variety of gaps. Thus it is possible for me to represent a past situation to myself and be unable to remember my inner behavior in this situation. As I transfer myself back into this situation, a surrogate for the missing memory comes into focus. Edith Stein memory myself me focus