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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Since the commencement of 1830, I had been living with Mr. Joseph Travis, who was to me a kind master and placed the greatest confidence in me; in fact, I had no cause to complain of his treatment of me.
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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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Jesus Christ demands the same unrestrained, adventurous spirit in those who have placed their trust in Him that the natural man exhibits. If a person is ever going to do anything worthwhile, there will be times when he must risk everything by his leap in the dark.
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If you allow spirit to have dominion in your heart you will have dominion in your life. That changes thinking. That IS the miracle. That I'm not just a child of the body, I'm a child of the universe and in the universe I am programmed for greatness, and the fact that I don't have money in my bank account now doesn't mean I'm any less programmed for greatness. I was programmed for greatness just like the acorn is programmed to be an oak tree.
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When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.
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When someone asks if you're a god, you say YES!
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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.
