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Evelyn Underhill was a British writer renowned for her contributions to the fields of spirituality and mysticism. Born on December 6, 1875, she is celebrated for her insightful exploration of Christian mysticism through her writings. Underhill passed away on June 15, 1941.

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Famous Evelyn Underhill Quotes

“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 of its Creator: and so lived, every bit has spiritual significance.”

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Book:The Spiritual Life

Source: The Spiritual Life

“Meditation is a half-way house between thinking and contemplating.”

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Book:Practical Mysticism

Source: Practical Mysticism

“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 nicely furnished little oratory and drowning all the quieter voices by their din.”

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Book:Advent with Evelyn Underhill

Source: Advent with Evelyn Underhill

“When you put aside your preconceived ideas, your self-centered scale of values, and let intuition have its way with you, you open up by this act new levels of the world. Such an opening-up is the most practical of all activities.”

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Author:Evelyn Underhill

“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 in His will, and in so doing find our peace.”

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Book:Lent With Evelyn Underhill

Source: Lent With Evelyn Underhill

“The Christian is the person who sees every time and every situation, however dreary and repetitive, as God sees it - a fresh creation from his hand, demanding its own response in perhaps a wholly new and creative way. Under God he is free over it. He has won through to a purchase over events; he has risen with Christ.”

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Author:Evelyn Underhill

About the Author

Born: December 6, 1875
Died: June 15, 1941
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 95

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Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual ConsciousnessRelated source material

Advent with Evelyn UnderhillRelated source material

Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man’s Spiritual ConsciousnessRelated source material

Practical MysticismRelated source material

The Mount of PurificationRelated source material

Evelyn Underhill: Essential WritingsRelated source material

Lent With Evelyn UnderhillRelated source material

Mixed Pasture: Twelve Essays and AddressesRelated source material

The Making of a Mystic: New and Selected Letters of Evelyn UnderhillRelated source material

The School of Charity: Meditations on the Christian CreedRelated source material

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