I lack nothing, I tell you!Nothing? I asked. Not even heaven?He lowered his head and was silent. But after a moment:Heaven is too high for me. The earth is good, exceptionally goodand near me!Nothing is nearer to us than heaven. The earth is beneath our feet and we tread upon it, but heaven is within us.
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Nikos Kazantzakis was a 19th-century Greek writer and philosopher. Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years, and remains the most translated Greek author worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia →