Every obstacle in his journey became a milestone, an occasion for further triumph. We have a model in front of us now,… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
God, what is all this talk put out by the popes? Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am. — 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
Fools, art is a heavy task, more heavy than gold crowns; it's far more difficult to match firm words than armies, they're… — 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
What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers and the… — 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
You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary… — 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
