All the political, social, and economic improvements, all the technica…

Nikos Kazantzakis
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All the political, social, and economic improvements, all the technical progress cannot have any regenerating significance, so long as our inner life remains as it is at present. The more the intelligence unveils and violates the secrets of Nature, the more the danger increases and the heart shrinks. ✨ Nikos Kazantzakis by Helen Kazantzakis, (p. 529), 1968.
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