Everything in this world has a hidden meaning, I thought. Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics; woe to anyone who… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. ‘What,… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Man hurries, God does not. That is why man's works are uncertain and maimed, while God's are flawless and sure. My eyes… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
When an almond tree became covered with blossoms in the heart of winter, all the trees around it began to jeer. 'What… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I heard the bells from the future churches, the children playing and laughing in the schoolyards [...] and here was an almond… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Everything in the world has a hidden meaning. . . . Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics. When you see… — 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
![“I heard the bells from the future churches, the children playing and laughing in the schoolyards [...] and here was an almond tree in bloom before me: I must reach out and cut a flowering branch. For, by believing passionately in something which still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent…” quote by Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/50f/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_almonds_i-heard-the-bells-from-the-future-church_2527567.jpg)
