“If you're approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as the end but as a means, you're not really approaching Him at all.”

— Clive Staples Lewis , book A Grief Observed

A Grief Observed (1961)
Context: But then again of course I know perfectly well that He can't be used as a road. If you're approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as the end but as a means, you're not really approaching Him at all.

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Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist 1898–1963

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