Evelyn Underhill Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: December 6, 1875 - June 15, 1941
Birthday: December 6
Death: June 15
The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive fur coat with no one inside it. One sees many of these coats occupying positions of great responsibility. Hans Andersen's story of the king with no clothes told one bitter and common truth about human nature; but the story of the clothes with no king describes a situation just as common and even more pitiable.
topic: Kings, Responsibility, Clothes, Fur Coats, Great Responsibility, Practical Life
