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More Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
I was happy, I knew that. While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realize - sometimes with astonishment - how happy we had been.
If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.
You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.
You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.
A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.
Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
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 impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm.
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.
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 him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.
