"My God is all mud, blood, desire and vision. He is not pure, not spotless, not just, not omnipotent,..."

“My God is all mud, blood, desire and vision. He is not pure, not spotless, not just, not omnipotent, omnibenevolent. He is not light. Struggling and toiling, he transubstantiates the night in his heart of hearts and turns it into light.”

- Nikos Kazantzakis, from a letter to Emmanuel Papastefanou c. Jan. 1923 (via violentwavesofemotion)