C. S. Lewis quote: In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God ...

In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all.

~ C. S. Lewis ~

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