“I had taken up my quill to begin writing many times before now, but I always abandoned it quickly: each time I… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
This, I thought, is how great visionaries and poets see everything- as if for the first time. Each morning they see a… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“We have but a single moment at our disposal. Let us transform that moment into eternity. No other form of immortality exists” — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“What happened to the crow, Zorba?" "Well, you see, he used to walk respectably, properly - well, like a crow. But one… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I've stopped thinking all the time of what happened yesterday. And stopped asking what's going to happen tomorrow. What's happening today, this… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“You know all about love, but that is not enough. You must also learn that hate comes from God as well, that… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't… — 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
