Evelyn Underhill Quotes & Sayings

“There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not.”

“God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.”

“Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.”

“Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.”

“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 of love.”

“After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.”

“Adoration is caring for God above all else.”

“Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day.”

“God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not.”

“Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me.”