No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: Death… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
God changes appearances every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. One moment he is a… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality," says one of my favorite Byzantine mystics. I did… — 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
A magical portal opened inside my mind and conducted me into an astonishing world. [...] Before this moment I had divined but… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
What, then is our duty? It is to carefully distinguish the historic moment in which we live and to consciously assign our… — 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
This book was not written because I wanted to offer a supreme model to the man who struggles; I wanted to show him that he must not fear pain, temptation or death - because all three can be conquered, all three have already been conquered. Christ suffered pain, and since then pain has been sanctified. Temptation fought until the very… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
“We gaze with perplexity at the highest part of the spiral of force that governs the Universe. And we call it God. We could give it any other name: Abyss, Mystery, Absolute Darkness, Total Light, Matter, Spirit, Supreme Hope, Supreme Despair, Silence. “But we call it God, because only this name – for some mysterious reason – is capable of… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share
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
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