Evelyn Underhill Quotes

“Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.”

“The magic and the danger of fiction is this: it allows us to see through other eyes. It takes us to places we have never been, allows us to care about, worry about, laugh with, and cry for people who do not, outside of the story, exist. There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong.”

“Evelyn stared into the empty ice cream carton and wondered where the smiling girl in the school pictures had gone.”

“I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books which are wasted on me, plus a lot of novels and books on art and architecture shared by us both. Evelyn used to edit an art magazine called 'FMR,' so we have a common interest in design.”

“Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.”

“Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.”

“I keep up with everything in terms of health, fitness, nutrition, skin care, hair, nails. Really, everything. I'm an avid reader of every women's health newsletter from every hospital in the country.”

“It's important to maintain an attractive smile as you age. A lighter, less beige, more white tooth color is key, but no Chiclets.”

“When I create an image that helps someone - even just myself - find peace, then I've attained my goal.”

“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”