Nikos Kazantzakis Short Quotes

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Death gestured with his hands and bade the king thrice welcome.

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There is only one woman in the world. One woman, with many faces.

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My entire soul is a cry, and all my work the commentary on that cry.

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Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.

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I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!

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The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.

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Never in my life have I feared death as much as I feared that resurrection.

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All hopes and despairs vanish in the voracious, funneling whirlwind of God.

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I said only one word, brought only one message: Love. Love — nothing else.

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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.

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I am a mariner of Odysseus with heart of fire but with mind ruthless and clear.

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Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting.

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I said to the almond tree: "Speak to me of God."
and the almond tree blossomed.

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Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive.

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How can anyone see the only way the world can be saved and not be forced to weep?

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A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

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I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen...

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If you love me, be patient. Look at the trees. Are they in a hurry to ripen their fruit?

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We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.

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Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

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Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.

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I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. inscription on Kazantakis's tomb in Heraklion, Greece

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The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical: both green, both beautiful. Take care, Adam!

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The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient.

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You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am.

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God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

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God, what is all this talk put out by the popes? Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other paradise!

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Who holds a sword is tempted, who has youth must play,
he who does not fear death on earth does not fear God.

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Speak straight and clear! I only hear that manly prayer
which like a huge fist breaks my head against the stones.

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I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me.

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