Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
What happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become a dream.… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
A slave's soul has no worth, my brothers; it lacks strength to tread on this great earth with gallantry and freedom. I… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
We are not men, to have need of another, an eternal life; we are women, and for us one moment with man… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“Love responsibility. Say: It is my duty, and mine alone, to save the earth. If it is not saved, then I alone… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“With the passage of days in this godly isolation [desert], my heart grew calm. It seemed to fill with answers. I did… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Monarch of earth, I shall confess my secret craft: I've always fought to purify wild flame to light, and kindle whatever light… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Yes, there is weeping, even in heaven, but it is for those who are still crawling on the earth. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
What is truth? What is falsehood? Whatever gives wings to men, whatever produces great works and great souls and lifts up a… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
May he be cursed on earth who gives his trust to virtue, that bankrupt crone who takes our life's pure gold and… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Nothing is nearer to us than heaven. The earth is beneath our feet, and we tread upon it, but heaven is within… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I believe I'm a caterpillar buried deep down under the ground. The entire earth is above me, crushing me and I begin… — 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
