“The deepest feminine yearning is to achieve a loving union which, in its development, validates this maturation and simultaneously stimulates and furthers the desire for perfection in others.”

— Edith Stein

Essays on Woman (1996), Spirituality of the Christian Woman (1932)

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Jewish-German nun, theologian and philosopher 1891–1942

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