Quotessence
Home / Authors / Edith Stein
Edith Stein

Edith Stein Quotes

Philosopher

Filter quotes by topic

AllCatholicSoulNeedsOrderCatholicismMenBodyDivineEndsGiving

Famous Edith Stein Quotes

“Intellect is the light which illuminates its path, and without this light, emotion changes back and forth. In fact, if emotions prevail over the intellect, it is able to obscure the light and distort the picture of the entire world…. Emotional stirrings need the control of reason and the direction of the will.”

SpiritualityEmotionsCatholicismHolocaustSaints
Book:Essays on Woman: 002;Collected Works of Edith Stein
Create image

“Wie wir „ursprünglich verstehen “, was Wahrheit ist, wenn wir erkennen, und was Gutheit ist, wenn unser Streben Erfüllung findet, so verstehen wir, was Schönheit ist, wenn jener „Glanz “ uns an die Seele rührt. Er begegnet uns in der sinnlichen Welt als das Strahlen des körperlichen Lichtes selbst, ohne das uns alle sinnliche Schönheit verborgen bliebe, als Farbenglanz und als Liebreiz körperlicher Gestalten. Aber er ist nicht an die Sinnenwelt gebunden. Es gibt eine geistige Schönheit : die Schönheit der Menschenseele,...”

TranscendentiaBonumPulchrumVerum
Book:Finite and Eternal Being: An Attempt at an Ascent to the Meaning of Being
Create image

“If you learn from Saint Thérèse to depend on God alone and serve him with a wholly pure and detached heart, then you can join with your whole soul in singing the jubilant song of the holy Virgin, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For he has done great things for me, and holy is his name.” And like little St. Thérèse you will be able to say at the end, “I do not regret that I have given myself to love.””

HeartAbleGivenRegretDependsPureCatholicSaintDetachedLike Her
Author:Edith Stein
Create image

“The soul of woman must be expansive and open to all human beings, it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; warm so as not to benumb fragile buds... empty of itself, in order that extraneous life may have room in it; finally, mistress of itself and also of its body, so that the entire person is readily at the disposal of every call.”

HumansMayPersonsSoulBodyOrderHuman BeingsRoomsWindQuietEmptyWeakWarmFlamesFragileMistressBudStormy
Book:Edith Stein Essays on Woman
Create image