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More Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis
The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.
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.
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.
Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.
You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.
I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.
You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.
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.
God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.
