Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in… - Nikos Kazantzakis

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Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in this way liberate the soul which it imprisons.

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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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We are not simple people who believe in happiness; nor weaklings who crumple to the ground in distress at the first reverse; nor skeptics observing the bloody effort of marching humanity from the lofty heights of a mocking, sterile wit. Believing in the fight, though we entertain no illusions about it, we are armed against every disappointment.

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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Μην καταδέχεσαι να ρωτάς: "Θα νικήσουμε; Θα νικηθούμε;" Πολέμα!"

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