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. ”

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that. ”

There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not. ”

God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not. ”

Adoration is caring for God above all else. ”

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. ”

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. ”

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament. ”

God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer. ”

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. ”