"I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak……" — Nikos Kazantzakis
"I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed."
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105 Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis has 105 quotes on this site.
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As you walk, you cut open and create that riverbed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and…
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The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.
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What happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become…
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To cleave that sea [the Aegean] in the gentle autumnal season, murmuring the name of each islet, is to my…
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As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with…
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Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it…
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As long as our souls remain strong, that is all that matters; as long as they don't decline. Because with…
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No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but…
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I surrender myself to everything. I love, I feel pain, I struggle. The world seems to me wider than the…
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What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers…
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The dual substance of Christ- the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain God... has always been a…
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I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen...
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So many want to be lifted by song and dancing, and this morning it is easy to understand. I write…
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There's a scene [in the 1990 film Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael] in my bedroom where I start eating Almond Roca.…
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Marc Almond has done a couple of covers, a few people in Europa have done them. I own all the…
— Peter Hammill
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Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Training…
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There are moments when Nature reveals the passion hidden beneath the careless calm of her ordinary moods-violent spring flashing white…
— John Galsworthy
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything…
— Kaley Cuoco
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Almond blossom, sent to teach us That the spring days soon will reach us.
— Edwin Arnold
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Timeless and versatile, Toasted Almond is an organic shade that speaks to authenticity and all that is natural.
— Leatrice Eiseman
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We complain and complain, but we have lived and seen the blossom -apple, pear, cherry, plum, almond blossom - in…
— J. B. Priestley
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not…
— Caio Fonseca
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One of my last few vices is coffee, but with a spot of almond or soymilk, it's never tasted better!
— Michelle Forbes
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