# Quote — Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism

> The mystics aim (Union with Reality) is not the suppression of life but it's intensification,

- Author: [Evelyn Underhill](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-underhill.md)
- Book: [Mysticism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-underhill/mysticism.md)
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> Hence the most scientific classification is a rough-and-ready business at the best.

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