God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament. – Evelyn Underhill
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. – Evelyn Underhill
In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I’m often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly. – Evelyn Underhill
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. – Evelyn Underhill
The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that. – Evelyn Underhill
Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination. – Evelyn Underhill
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. – Evelyn Underhill
God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not. – Evelyn Underhill
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. – Evelyn Underhill
