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Evelyn Underhill Quotes

Evelyn Underhill quotes

English Writer December 6, 1875 – June 15, 1941

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All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty; for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love. Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill quote: "The business and method of mysticism is love."
The business and method of mysticism is love. Evelyn Underhill
Idealism, though just in its premises, and often daring and honest in their application, is stultified by the exclusive intellectualism of its own methods: by its fatal trust in the squirrel-work of the industrious brain instead of the piercing vision of the desirous heart. It interests man, but does not involve him in its processes: does not catch him up to the new and more real life which it describes. Hence the thing that matters, the living thing, has somehow escaped it; and its... Evelyn Underhill
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. Evelyn Underhill
The spiritual life of individuals has to be extended both vertically to God and horizontally to other souls; and the more it grows in both directions, the less merely individual and therefore more truly personal it will become. Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill quote: "He goes because he must, as Galahad went towards the Grail:..."
He goes because he must, as Galahad went towards the Grail: knowing that for those who can live it, this alone is life. Evelyn Underhill
On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur. Evelyn Underhill
As the beautiful does not exist for the artist and poet alone—though these can find in it more poignant depths of meaning than other men—so the world of Reality exists for all; and all may participate in it, unite with it, according to their measure and to the strength and purity of their desire. Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill quote: "God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of..."
God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer. Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill quote: "God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have..."
God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not. Evelyn Underhill
Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again. Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill quote: "Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and..."
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. Evelyn Underhill
God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament. Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill quote: "There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where..."
There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not. Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill quote: "If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big..."
If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped. Evelyn Underhill

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