Quote#Wisdom
The mystics aim (Union with Reality) is not the suppression of life…
Quote byEvelyn Underhill · 1875–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Mysticism. A Study of the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness (1911), PART II, CHAPTER I..
English (original)
The mystics aim (Union with Reality) is not the suppression of life but it's intensification,
— Evelyn Underhill
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