Best Nikos Kazantzakis Sayings
- This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men,… Accomplished
- Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we… Able
- All my life one of my greatest desires has been to travel-to see and touch unknown countries, to swim in unknown seas, to circle the… According
- I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed. Almond
- Free yourself from one passion to be dominated by another and nobler one. But is not that, too, a form of slavery? To sacrifice oneself… Doe
- For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be… Confidently
- Once more there sounded within me the terrible warning that there is only one life for all men, that there is only one life for… All
- God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. All
- When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call… All
- We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life. Abyss
- Freedom was my first great desire. The second, which remains hidden within me to this day, tormenting me, was the desire for sanctity. Hero together… Day
- Truly, everything in this world depended on time. Time ripened all. If you had time, you succeeded in working the human mud internally and turning… All
- Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble. Alive
- Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one. All
- You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary for me to… Able
- the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing:… Attain
- Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea. Aegean
- My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit… All
- You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go. Brush
- Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my travels and my dreams. Very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggles. Been
- When an almond tree became covered with blossoms in the heart of winter, all the trees around it began to jeer. 'What vanity,' they screamed,… All
- Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. ‘What, grandfather!’ I exclaimed.… Almond
- Reach what you cannot Funny
- Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting. Bold
- True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging… Bridges
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