But then I was young, and to be young means to undertake to demolish the world and to have the gall to wish to erect a new and better one in its plac… - Nikos Kazantzakis

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But then I was young, and to be young means to undertake to demolish the world and to have the gall to wish to erect a new and better one in its place.

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About Nikos Kazantzakis

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

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Μουσείο N. Καζαντζάκη / Kazantzakis Museum (CC BY)

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Native Name: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης

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As long as our souls remain strong, that is all that matters; as long as they don't decline. Because with the fall of certain souls in this world, the world itself will collapse. These are the pillars which support it. They are few, but enough.

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