Moments Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis

9 Moments quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis

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Nikos Kazantzakis can turn a single beat into a philosophical pulse. In these nine brief quotes he offers a quick, thoughtful look at those fleeting beats.

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Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare…

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No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: Death…

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Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality," says one of my favorite Byzantine mystics. I did…

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God changes appearances every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. One moment he is a…

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We are not men, to have need of another, an eternal life; we are women, and for us one moment with man…

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A magical portal opened inside my mind and conducted me into an astonishing world. [...] Before this moment I had divined but…

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What, then is our duty? It is to carefully distinguish the historic moment in which we live and to consciously assign our…

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This book was not written because I wanted to offer a supreme model to the man who struggles; I wanted to show…

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You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary…

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I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!

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“The Lord preserve us from sainthood”

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“A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.”

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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…

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Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God.

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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…

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“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…

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