C. S. Lewis Quotes

If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved?

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• If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved?

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • God
  • Ifs
  • Motive