I felt this was my duty ... to draw the thick ancestral darkness out of my loins and transform it ... into light. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“God turned his face the other way, and the earth was in darkness. "An eclipse of God... an eclipse of God” — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The major and almost only theme of all my work is the struggle of man with "God": the unyielding, inextinguishable struggle of… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
We have seen the highest circle of spiraling powers. We have named this circle God. We might have given it any other… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I felt this was my duty, my sole duty: to reconcile the irreconcilables, to draw the thick ancestral darkness out of my… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. — 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 Image
I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen... — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
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 Image
I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me! — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.” — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
