Nikos Kazantzakis quote: The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. ...

The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly, nothing with certainty.

~ Nikos Kazantzakis ~

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The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and ...

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