--- title: "2 Aphrodite Quotes By Nikos Kazantzakis" description: "2 Aphrodite quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis. Plus more from Nikos Kazantzakis and more Aphrodite sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_behind_behind-each-woman-rises-the-austere-sacr_1445523.jpg" --- > [Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/behind-each-woman-rises-the-austere-sacred-and-mysterious-face-of/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_behind_behind-each-woman-rises-the-austere-sacr_1445523.jpg) > [It was certainly not this mummified and outrageously painted old woman he was seeing before him, but the entire "female species," as it was his custom to call women. The individual disappeared, the features were obliterated, whether young or senile,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/it-was-certainly-not-this-mummified-and-outrageously-painted-old/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_aphrodite_it-was-certainly-not-this-mummified-and_2029588.jpg) ## Other authors on Aphrodite - [Nicholas Chong 41 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aphrodite/nicholas-chong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aphrodite/rick-riordan/) - [Charles River Editors 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aphrodite/charles-river-editors/) ## More by Nikos Kazantzakis > [“We gaze with perplexity at the highest part of the spiral of force that governs the Universe. And we call it God. We could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/we-gaze-with-perplexity-at-the-highest-part-of-the-spiral-of-force/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/i-collect-my-tools-sight-smell-touch-taste-hearing-intellect-night/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [Everything in this world has a hidden meaning, I thought. Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics; woe to anyone who begins to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/everything-in-this-world-has-a-hidden-meaning-i-thought-men-animals/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [Good Lord, how can the rich bear to die?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/good-lord-how-can-the-rich-bear-to-die/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [“Religion is opium for the masses”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/religion-is-opium-for-the-masses/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/i-possess-no-weapon-but-love-with-that-i-have-come-to-do-battle-help/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies in Morocco…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/today-any-action-anywhere-on-earth-has-an-immediate-repercussion-on/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [“The Lord preserve us from sainthood”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/the-lord-preserve-us-from-sainthood/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [“You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/you-have-everything-but-one-thing-madness-a-man-needs-a-little/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [“A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/a-man-needs-a-little-madness-or-else-he-never-dares-cut-the-rope-and/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/there-s-a-devil-inside-me-which-cries-you-re-not-the-son-of-the/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/lions-and-lambs-love-and-force-light-and-fire-good-and-evil-all/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/i-say-one-thing-you-write-another-and-those-who-read-you-understand/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/no-you-re-not-free-he-said-the-string-you-re-tied-to-is-perhaps-no/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) > [The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/the-masses-do-not-see-the-sirens-they-do-not-hear-songs-in-the-air/) [Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aphrodite/nikos-kazantzakis/#itemlist", "name": "2 Aphrodite Quotes By Nikos Kazantzakis", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nikos Kazantzakis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/behind-each-woman-rises-the-austere-sacred-and-mysterious-face-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_behind_behind-each-woman-rises-the-austere-sacr_1445523.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_behind_behind-each-woman-rises-the-austere-sacr_1445523.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_behind_behind-each-woman-rises-the-austere-sacr_1445523.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite.” — Nikos Kazantzakis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was certainly not this mummified and outrageously painted old woman he was seeing before him, but the entire \"female species,\" as it was his custom to call women. 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