God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. …

C. S. Lewis
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God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you you are embarking on something which is going to take the whole of you, brains and all. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.123, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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