Evelyn Underhill Quotes
The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.
Quotes to Explore
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.
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After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.
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Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.'
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We want a vernacular in art. No mere verbal or formal agreement, or dead level of uniformity but that comprehensive and harmonizing unity with individual variety which can be developed among people politically and socially free.
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
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Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.
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My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.
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All art is a confession.
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I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.
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There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.
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God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West. The economic imperialism of a single tiny island kingdom is today keeping the world in chains. If an entire nation of 300 million took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare.
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God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
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Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying - but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic?
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If I wanted a full-scale manifestation, one that was apparent to other people, then I would do a ritual. I have displayed the snake god to other people. Or I have consciously hypnotised them into accepting my psychotic belief system, given them drugs, and made them think they are having the experience I have. Whatever you want. I’m not fussed.
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We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.
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God has never disappointed me.
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The holiness of God is traumatic to unholy people.
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I put pressure on myself all the time. I felt it so much with 'Sax,' but I had to just let go and enjoy it.
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The lead singer is such a prominent thing, where drums are more of a supporting instrument.
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The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.
