If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap.
More Quotes from Evelyn Underhill:
There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not.Evelyn Underhill
A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one's spiritual life, as nothing else can.
Evelyn Underhill
Most of our conflicts and difficulties come from trying to deal with the spiritual and practical aspects of our life separately instead of realizing them as parts of one whole. If our practical life is centered on our own interests, cluttered up by possessions, distracted by ambitions, passions, wants and worries, beset by a sense of our own rights and importance, or anxieties for our own future, or longings for our own success, we need not expect that our spiritual life will be a contrast to all this. The soul's house is not built on such a convenient plan there are few soundproof partitions in it. Only when the conviction not merely the idea that the demand of the Spirit, however inconvenient, rules the whole of it, will those objectionable noises die down which have a way of penetrating into the nicely furnished little oratory and drowning all the quieter voices by their din.
Evelyn Underhill
The will is what matters - as long as you have that, you are safe.
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.
Evelyn Underhill
Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day.
Evelyn Underhill
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Prayers QuotesAll countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.
Nong Duc Manh
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.
George Herman
In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.
Jean Baudrillard