When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it…

Nikos Kazantzakis
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When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.
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