Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, lone…

C. S. Lewis
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Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.30, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.30, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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