Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man doe…

C. S. Lewis
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Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.86, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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