The dual substance of Christ - the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain God. [...] has always been a deep inscrutable mystery to me. [...] My principle anguish and source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh. [...] And my soul is the arena where these two armies have clashed and met. ✨ The Last Temptation of Christ. Book by Nikos Kazantzakis, Simon and Schuster, Prologue, 2012.
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- What happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become a dream. Can this be the meaning of paradise? ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis, Peter Bien (1988). The Last Tem … ▶
- We have seen the highest circle of spiraling powers. We have named this circle God. We might have given it any other name we wished: Abyss, Mystery, Absolute Darkness, Absolute Light, Matter, Spirit, … ▶
- As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis, Carl Wildman (1953). Zorba the Greek, p.233, Simon and … ▶
- I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). Report to Greco, p.324, Simon and Schuster
- Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand.
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