Evelyn Underhill: Quotes about change

Evelyn Underhill was British saint, poet, novelist. Explore interesting quotes on change.

Evelyn Underhill: 56 quotes4 likes

“The deeper your realisation of the plant in its wonder, the more perfect your union with the world of growth and change, the quicker, the more subtle your response to its countless sugestions; so much more acute will become your craving for Something More.”

Evelyn Underhill book Practical Mysticism

Source: Practical Mysticism (1914), Chapter VIII, The Second Form Of Contemplation, p. 133

“Going forth into the bareness and darkness of this unwalled world of high contemplation, you will find stored for you, and at last made real, all the highest values, all the dearest and noblest experiences of the world of growth and change.”

Evelyn Underhill book Practical Mysticism

Source: Practical Mysticism (1914), Chapter IX, The Third Form Of Contemplation, p. 166

“The redeeming character of Franciscan enthusiasm-it's ability to change, brace and expand the most unlikely spirits and impel them to exacting discipline and selfless work-are fully shown in her.”

Evelyn Underhill

Angela of Fogligno
The Mystics of the Church (1925)