More Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis
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!
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.
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.
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.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
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 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.
God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.
