A saint is simply a human being whose soul has. . . grown up to its full stature, … - Evelyn Underhill

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I am very proud to be a part of '3 Idiots,' and happy that the character has worked in a big way.

Evelyn Underhill

A saint is simply a human being whose soul has. . . grown up to its full stature, by full and generous response to its environment, God. He has achieved a deeper, bigger life than the rest of us, a more wonderful contact with the mysteries of the Universe; a life of infinite possibility, the term of which he never feels that he has reached.

Contact, Mystery, Saint, Soul, Term

Same Author Quotes

The spiritual life of individuals has to be extended both vertically to God and horizontally to other souls; and the more it grows in both directions, the less merely individual and therefore more truly personal it will become.

Extended, Individual, Merely, Soul, Spiritual

The note we end on is and must be the note of inexhaustible possibility and hope.

Ends, Inexhaustible, Note, Notes, Possibility

It is immediately apparent, however, that this sense-world, this seemingly real external universe - though it may be useful and valid in other respects - cannot be the external world, but only the Self's projected picture of it. . . The evidence of the senses, then, cannot be accepted as evidence of the nature of ultimate reality; useful servants, they are dangerous guides.

Accepted, Apparent, Nature, Real, Self, World

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?

Fulfill, Humanity, Secret, Soul

Mysticism is the passionate longing of the soul for God.

Longing, Mysticism, Passionate, Soul