Evelyn Underhill Quotes
It is far easier, though not very easy, to develop and preserve a spiritual outlook on life than it is to make our everyday actions harmonize with that spiritual outlook. For though we may renounce the world for ourselves, refuse the attempt to get anything out of it, we have to accept it as the sphere in which we are to co-operate with the Spirit, and try to do the Will.
Quotes to Explore
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I do think that there are people who are able to connect with and empathize with anyone who is going through something difficult, just naturally. I don't think it's a world of effort for everyone.
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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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I'm one of the idiots that negotiates after I write.
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We gon' be around for a long time.
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I have no right to say I believe in God unless I order my life as under His all-seeing Eye.
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This team is resilient. We don't quit. Now we're starting to come into our own.
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I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
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A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.
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I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is wrong with me.
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Scars are wisdom in disguise.
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In order not to end up like the masses out there who are merely wandering and unsure of their goals and dreams, your objective must be clear. When your purpose is clear, your life will have meaning.
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There's no way I can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it.
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Manifesting takes place from Spirit. It doesn't take place from form, from the physical world. You've got to know that what you want to manifest will occur.
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Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance.
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It is far easier, though not very easy, to develop and preserve a spiritual outlook on life than it is to make our everyday actions harmonize with that spiritual outlook. For though we may renounce the world for ourselves, refuse the attempt to get anything out of it, we have to accept it as the sphere in which we are to co-operate with the Spirit, and try to do the Will.
