Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhillwas an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 December 1875
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soul humanity secret
The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?" nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But-transcending both these limited aims-what function must this life fulfill in the great and secret economy of God?
differences execution martyrdom
Love makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom.
wall growth depends
My growth depends on my walls coming down.
spiritual achievement cost
Spiritual achievement costs much, though never as much as it is worth.
religious prayer feet
As the genuine religious impulse becomes dominant, adoration more and more takes charge. 'I come to seek God because I need Him', may be an adequate formula for prayer. 'I come to adore His splendour, and fling myself and all that I have at His feet', is the only possible formula for worship.
christmas ideas world
I do hope your Christmas has had a little touch of Eternity in among the rush and pitter patter and all. It always seems such a mixing of this world and the next - but that after all is the idea!
prayer home quiet
God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer.
christian wise regret
A wise man has said: 'Only a Christian can live wholly in the present, for to him the past is pardoned and the future is safe in God.' ...the Christian life must be a life without regrets, without remorse.
dreamer may want
Your dreamer may do without a creed, but he always wants a ritual ...
possibility ends notes
The note we end on is and must be the note of inexhaustible possibility and hope.
spiritual self world
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.
spiritual choices cost
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.
saint sense-of-humor virtue
Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.
christian believe self
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 the quality of the music, but only really hear a phrase now and again. So they have no notion at all of the mighty symphony which fills the universe, to which our lives are destined to make their tiny contribution, and which is the self-expression of the Eternal God.