Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are…

C. S. Lewis
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Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good - above all, that we are better than someone else - I think we may be sure that we are being acted on, not by God, but by the devil. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1960). Mere Christianity
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Whenever we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good - above all, that we are better than someone else - I think we may be sure that we are being acted on, not by God, but by the devil. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1960). Mere Christianity

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