My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The dual substance of Christ- the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain God... has always been a deep inscrutable… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Every man is half God, half man; he is both spirit and flesh. That is why the mystery of Christ is not… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Truly, everything in this world depended on time. Time ripened all. If you had time, you succeeded in working the human mud… — 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
The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation. Most often this struggle is unconscious… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
My principal anguish, and the wellspring of all my joys and sorrows, has been the incessant merciless battle between the spirit and… — 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
“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
![“With the passage of days in this godly isolation [desert], my heart grew calm. It seemed to fill with answers. I did not ask questions any more; I was certain. Everything - where we came from, where we are going, what our purpose is on earth - struck me as extremely sure and simple in this…” quote by Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f9/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_answers_with-the-passage-of-days-in-this-godly-i_2410536.jpg)
