Quotes for All
The soul’s house is not built on such a convenient plan; there are few soundproof partitions in it. Only when the conviction – not merely the idea – that the demand of the Spirit, however inconvenient, rules the whole of it, will those objectionable noises die down which have a way of penetrating into the … Read more
As to the most prudent logicians might venture to deduce from a skein of wool the probable existence of a sheep; so you, from the raw stuff of perception, may venture to deduce a universe which transcends the reproductive powers of your loom. Evelyn Underhill
Man’s will and God’s grace rise and fall together Evelyn Underhill
Worship is the one, total adoring response of man to the one Eternal God. Evelyn Underhill
Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints. Evelyn Underhill
Meditation is a half-way house between thinking and contemplating. Evelyn Underhill
Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God. Evelyn Underhill
The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, & intellect & feeling are only important in so far as they contribute to that. Evelyn Underhill
Your dreamer may do without a creed, but he always wants a ritual. Evelyn Underhill
The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God and bear the cost. Evelyn Underhill