C. S. Lewis Quotes

When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.

C. S. Lewis

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• When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • World
  • Mind
  • Lost