Never forget that the key of the situation lies in the will & not in the imagination.
Evelyn UnderhillSpiritual reading is a regular, essential part of the life of prayer, and particularly is it the support of adoring prayer.
Evelyn UnderhillAs 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 UnderhillI have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.
Evelyn UnderhillThe London streets are paths of loveliness; the very omnibuses look like colored archangels, their laps filled full of little trustful souls.
Evelyn UnderhillMuch is now being said about evangelism; but before we get effective evangelism, we have to get effective evangelists. Evangelism is useless unless it is the work of one devoted to God, willing and glad to suffer all things for God, penetrated by the attractiveness of God. New machinery, adaptations and adjustments, are not the first need... but more devoted, adoring, sacrificial souls.
Evelyn Underhill