Nikos Kazantzakis quotes - page 2

The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
My principal anguish, and the wellspring of all my joys and sorrows, has been the incessant merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh. View quote
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I said to the almond tree: "Speak to me of God." and the almond tree blossomed. View quote
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While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it we do suddenly realize - sometimes with astonishment - how happy we had been. View quote
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A woman's body is a dark and monstrous mystery; between her supple thighs a heavy whirlpool swirls, two rivers crash, and woe to him who slips and falls! View quote
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Throughout my life, my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle. View quote
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The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create god, that god is not man's ancestor, but his descendant. View quote
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Alas for him who seeks salvation in good only! Balanced on God's strong shoulders, Good and Evil flap together like two mighty wings and lift him high. View quote
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Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: "Death does not exist." View quote
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To cleave that sea in the gentle autumnal season, murmuring the name of each islet, is to my mind the joy most apt to transport the heart of man into paradise. View quote
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Thus night with all her snares passed through the upper world and baited all heads sweetly, fed all foolish hopes, for night can bring to men all shrewish day denies, wrapped as a gift in the green leaves of opiate dream. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. View quote
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Three kinds of souls, three prayers: 1) I am a bow in your hands, Lord. Draw me, lest I rot. 2) Do not overdraw me, Lord. I shall break. 3) Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break. View quote
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I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. View quote
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When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too. View quote
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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all ... is not to have one. View quote
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God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. View quote
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The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet. View quote
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You can knock on a deaf man's door forever. View quote
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Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea. View quote
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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. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
Reach what you cannot. View quote
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Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope. View quote
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When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of happiness. View quote
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How could I, who loved life so intensely, have let myself be entangled for so long in that balderdash of books and paper blackened with ink! View quote
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