Quote#Science & Reason
Contemplation does not mean abject surrender to every "mystical"…
Quote byEvelyn Underhill · 1875–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Practical Mysticism (1914), Chapter VI, Love And Will, p. 105.
English (original)
Contemplation does not mean abject surrender to every "mystical" impression that comes in. It is no sentimental aestheticism or emotional piety to which you are being invited: nor shall the transcending of reason ever be achieved by way of spiritual silliness.
— Evelyn Underhill
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