Contact Quote by Evelyn Underhill

“As the social self can only be developed by contact with society, so the spiritual self can only be developed by contact with the spiritual world.” quote by Evelyn Underhill — Download Open image

“As the social self can only be developed by contact with society, so the spiritual self can only be developed by contact with the spiritual world.”

Evelyn Underhill

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