"The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation... God does not love weak souls and flabby flesh. The spirit desires to wrestle with flesh which is strong and full of resistance. It is a carnivorous bird which is incessantly hungry; it eats flesh and, by assimilating it, makes it disappear."

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About Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek novelist, poet, and philosopher, widely known for works such as Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ. He is considered one of the major figures of modern Greek literature.

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