Best Evelyn Underhill Quotes
- It looks impossible until you do it, and then you find it is possible. Find
- A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one's spiritual life, as nothing else can. Backbone
- Much is now being said about evangelism; but before we get effective evangelism, we have to get effective evangelists. Evangelism is useless unless it is… Adaptation
- The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of… Art
- Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and soul. We do not "follow the footsteps of… Body
- Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion is not our… Christian
- In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold… Cold
- God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer. Difficult
- Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day. Arrange
- Nothing in all nature is so lovely and so vigorous, so perfectly at home in its environment, as a fish in the sea. Its surroundings… All
- The mystic lives and looks; and speaks the disconcerting language of first-hand experience. Disconcerting
- This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce… Acquiesce
- I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God. Absolutely
- God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not. Acting
- God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament. Always Coming
- Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed. Along
- 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… All
- 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… Accepted
- The Christian is the person who sees every time and every situation, however dreary and repetitive, as God sees it - a fresh creation from… Christ
- The primary declaration of Christianity is not "This do!" but "This happened! Christianity
- Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes of his mission, not from it. He… Among
- For the most part, of course, the presence of the great spiritual universe surrounding us is no more noticed by us than the pressure of… Action
- In the created world around us we see the Eternal Artist, Eternal Love at work. Artist
- The life, beauty and meaning of the whole created order, from the tomtit to the Milky Way, refers back to the Absolute Life and Beauty… Absolute
- But so many Christians are like deaf people at a concert. They study the programme carefully, believe every statement make in it, speak respectfully of… All