I've fought with men and gods, I've weighed them well and found the sea more firm than earth, the air more firm than sea, and man's impalpable soul s… - Nikos Kazantzakis

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I've fought with men and gods, I've weighed them well and found
the sea more firm than earth, the air more firm than sea,
and man's impalpable soul still yet more firm than air!

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About Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis (18 February 1883 – 26 October 1957) was a Greek novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.

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Native Name: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης
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ماذا أصاب الناس وهوى بمستواهم! لقد أُصيبت أجسامهم بالبكم فأصبحوا لا يتحدثون إلا بأفواههم.. ولكن ماذا تستطيع الأفواه أن تقول؟ ليتك رأيت كيف كان الروسي يصغي إليّ من رأسي إلى قدمي.
وكيف تابع قصتي من بدايتها إلى النهاية! لقد رقصتُ له متاعبي، ورحلاتي، وعدد زيجاتي، والأعمال التي مارستها، وكيف عملتُ تاجرًا، وبائعًا جائلًا، وخزافًا، وعازفًا على السانتوري وحدادًا ومهربًا، وعاملًا في المناجم، وكيف سُجنت ثم هربت ووصلت إلى روسيا.

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Behind the stream of my mind and body, behind the stream of my race and all mankind, behind the stream of plants and animals, I watch with trembling the Invisible, treading on all visible things and ascending. Behind his heavy and blood-splattered feet I hear all living things being trampled on and crushed. His face is without laughter, dark and silent, beyond joy and sorrow, beyond hope.

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