„The essence of our God is STRUGGLE. Pain, joy, and hope unfold and labor within this struggle, world without end.“

— Nikos Kazantzakis

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„What is the essence of our God? The struggle for freedom.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis
„In a world, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„Hope is a function of struggle.“
— Brené Brown
„She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.“
— Maya Angelou
„Within the province of our ephemeral flesh all of God is imperiled. He cannot be saved unless we save him with our own struggles; nor can we be saved unless he is saved.We are one.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis
„From every joy and pain a hope leaps out eternally to escape this pain and to widen joy.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis
„God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.“
— Swami Vivekananda
„In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world.“
— Franz Kafka
„Give me silence, water, hopeGive me struggle, iron, volcanoes.“
— Pablo Neruda
„We create gods and struggle with them, and they bless us.“
— Hermann Hesse
„Against boredom even gods struggle in vain.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche