A person desires to be constantly re-gifted with being, to be able to exhaust what the moment both gives and takes away. They do not want to give up what provides fullness, and would like to be without end and without limits, so that they can have it completely and continuously. Endless joy, happiness without shadow, love without bounds, an intensified life without slackness, the most powerful act, which is at the same time perfect peace and release from all tension – this is eternal bliss (…) This is the being that a person seeks in their life.
(Edith Stein /1891–1942/, Welt und Person; 110)
