The first question here, then, is not What is best for my soul? nor is…

Evelyn Underhill
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The first question here, then, is not What is best for my soul? nor is it even What is most useful to humanity? But-transcending both these limited aims-what function must this life fulfill in the great and secret economy of God? ✨ Evelyn Underhill (2003). Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings
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On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.
The business and method of mysticism is love. ✨ Evelyn Underhill (2003). Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings
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We mostly spend those lives conjugating three verbs: to Want, to Have, and to Do. ✨ Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings.
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The first question here, then, is not What is best for my soul? nor is it even What is most useful to humanity? But-transcending both these limited aims-what function must this life fulfill in the great and secret economy of God? ✨ Evelyn Underhill (2003). Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings

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