Nikos Kazantzakis quotes - page 8

Let us stoop down to our hearts and confront the Abyss valiantly. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
What is the essence of our God? The struggle for freedom. View quote
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I choose the ascending path because my heart drives me toward it. View quote
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In this lightning moment when you walk the earth, your first duty, by enlarging your ego, is to live through the endless march, both visible and invisible, of your own being. View quote
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The mind is patient and adjusts itself, it likes to play; but the heart grows savage and will not condescend to play; it stifles and rushes to tear apart the nets of necessity. View quote
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The star dies, but the light never dies; such also is the cry of freedom. View quote
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Our profound human duty is not to interpret or to cast light on the rhythm of God's arch, but to adjust, as much as we can, the rhythm of our small and fleeting life to his. View quote
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Your passions and your thoughts are older than your heart or brain. View quote
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"This book is not a biography; it is the confession of every man who struggles. In publishing it I have fulfilled my duty, the duty of a person who struggled much, was embittered in his life, and had many hopes. I am certain that every free man who reads this book, so filled as it is with love, will more than ever before, love Christ. View quote
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Gather your strength and listen; the whole heart of man is a single outcry. View quote
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I've always fought to purify wild flame to light, and kindle whatever light I found to burst in flame. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
This is how the spirit comes. After the gale, the earthquake, and fire: a gentle, cooling breeze. This is how it will come in our own day as well. We are passing through the period of earthquake, the fire is approaching, and eventually (when? after how many generations?) the gentle, cool breeze will blow. View quote
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At every moment of crisis an array of men risk their lives in the front ranks as standard-bearers of God to fight and take upon themselves the whole responsibility of the battle. View quote
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The mystery has grown savage, and God has grown greater. View quote
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I am also, without doubt, a part of the visible and the invisible Universe. We are one. View quote
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I will not accept boundaries; appearances cannot contain me. View quote
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Every man worthy of being called a son of man bears his cross and mounts his Golgotha. View quote
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Free yourself from the simple complacency of the mind that thinks to put all things in order and hopes to subdue phenomena. Free yourself from the terror of the heart that seeks and hopes to find the essence of things. View quote
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Everything you do reverberates throughout a thousand destinies. View quote
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How can you reach the womb of the Abyss to make it fruitful? This cannot be expressed, cannot be narrowed into words, cannot be subjected to laws; every man is completely free and has his own special liberation. View quote
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We do not struggle for ourselves, nor for our race, not even for humanity. We do not struggle for Earth, nor for ideas. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
Like every other living thing, I also am in the center of the Cosmic whirlpool. View quote
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This is what I did today, this is how I fought to save the entire battle in my own sector, these are the obstacles I encountered, this is how I plan to fight tomorrow. View quote
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We are not simple people who believe in happiness. View quote
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Every man has his own circle composed of trees, animals, men, ideas, and he is in duty bound to save this circle. He, and no one else. If he does not save it, he cannot be saved. View quote
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