To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's n…

C. S. Lewis
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To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2002). The World's Last Night: And Other Essays, p.40, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2002). The World's Last Night: And Other Essays, p.40, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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