More Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis
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.
You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
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 them to create their own.
You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.
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.
I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.
I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.
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: Sacred Awe!
A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.
