何かの存在を信じ、情熱を注ぎ込むことで、存在していなかったその何かが生み出される。何であれ、存在していないということは、存在を願う気持ちがまだ足りないということなのだ。 - ニコス・カザンザキス (1883 - 1957)
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By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. - Nikos Kazantzakis (1883 - 1957)
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