More Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis
God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.
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.
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 everything but one thing: madness. 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.
Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.
The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.
I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.
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.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
