My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorr… - Nikos Kazantzakis

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My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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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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ما دامت هناك أوطان ، فإن الإنسان سيبقى حيواناً مفترسا ... نعم ليتبارك الله ! لقد تخلصت وانتهى الأمر .

The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.

This, I thought, is how great visionaries and poets see everything — as if for the first time. Each morning they see a new world before their eyes; they do not really see it, they create it.

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