Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Evelyn Underhill Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Dec 6, 1875
  • Died: Jun 15, 1941

Evelyn Underhill was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism.

In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the 20th century. No other book of its type—until the appearance in 1946 of Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy—met with success to match that of her best-known work, Mysticism, published in 1911.

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. best

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination. imagination

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. patience, sympathy & wisdom

Adoration is caring for God above all else. God

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 thoughts from Robert Browning

22 thoughts from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 more wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

53 more wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 views from Isadora Duncan

5 views from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher