Centre Quote by C. S. Lewis

“Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake.”

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I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.

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Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become us us if they were?

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