Never in my life have I feared death as much as I feared that resurrection. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: Death… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Two equally steep and bold paths may lead to the same peak. To act as if death did not exist, or to… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“We have but a single moment at our disposal. Let us transform that moment into eternity. No other form of immortality exists” — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“They had no fear of death, and whoever has no fear of death—the centurion had often meditated on this here in the… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
All my life, I struggled to stretch my mind to the breaking point, until it began to creak, in order to create… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Death's dry bones glowed with light in the erotic dark but he woke not nor felt the two warm bodies merge; the… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
A weak soul does not have the endurance to resist the flesh for very long. It grows heavy, becomes flesh itself, and… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation. Most often this struggle is unconscious… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“The unfailing rhythm of the seasons, the ever-turning wheel of life, the four facets of the earth which are lit in turn… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“We gaze with perplexity at the highest part of the spiral of force that governs the Universe. And we call it God. We could… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen... — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
Everything in this world has a hidden meaning, I thought. Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics; woe to anyone who begins to… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me! — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies in Morocco… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
“You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
“A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.” — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
There's a devil inside me which cries, "You're not the son of the Carpenter, you're the son of King David! You are not a… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
I say one thing, you write another, and those who read you understand still something else! I say: cross, death, kingdom of heaven, God...and… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
“No, you're not free," he said. "The string you're tied to is perhaps no longer than other people's. That's all. You're on a long… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
