„The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!“

— Nikos Kazantzakis

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„The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.“
— Pelé
„Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.“
— William Faulkner
„There can be no more beautiful spot to die in, no spot more worthy of total despair, than one’s own novel.“
— Franz Kafka