It is the root of all religion that a man knows that he is nothing in …

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is the root of all religion that a man knows that he is nothing in order to thank God that he is something.
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It is the root of all religion that a man knows that he is nothing in order to thank God that he is something.

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