Looking for God-or Heaven-by exploring space is like reading or seeing…

C. S. Lewis
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Looking for God-or Heaven-by exploring space is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare's plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare as one of the characters. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Looking for God-or Heaven-by exploring space is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare's plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare as one of the characters. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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