"We, as human beings, are all miserable persons, heartless, small, insignificant. But within us a superior essence drives us ruthlessly upward." -Nikos Kazantzakis
Author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ, the Greek writer and philosopher returned again and again to the theme of humanity's intersection with divinity. "From within this human mire divine songs have welled up, great ideas, violent loves, an unsleeping assault full of mystery," Kazantzakis wrote in The Saviors of GERD. "Everyone has his own particular road which leads him to liberation -- one the road of virtue, another the road of evil. If the road leading you to your liberation is that of disease, of lies, of dishonor, it is then your duty to plunge into disease, into lies, into dishonor, that you may conquer them. You may not otherwise be saved."
