Tao Te Ching

“One thing only we pursued all our lives: a harsh, carnivorous, indestructible vision—the essence... We're not working for pay, we have no desire for a daily wage. We are warring in the empty air, beyond hope, beyond paradise!”

— Nikos Kazantzakis 1883 – 1957 CE via P. A. Bien
from Report to Greco