Nikos Kazantzakis quotes - page 9

My prayer is not the whimpering of a beggar nor a confession of love. Nor is it the petty reckoning of a small tradesman. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
We must understand well that we do not proceed from a unity of God to the same unity of God again. View quote
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Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other paradise! View quote
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The essence of our God is STRUGGLE. Pain, joy, and hope unfold and labor within this struggle, world without end. View quote
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Earth rises up in your brains and sees her entire body for the first time. View quote
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If He goes lost, then we go lost. This is why the salvation of the Universe is also our salvation, why solidarity among men is no longer a tenderhearted luxury but a deep necessity and self-preservation, as much a necessity as, in an army under fire, the salvation of your comrade-in-arms. View quote
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Every body, every soul is a Holy Sepulcher. Every seed of grain is a Holy Sepulchre; let us free it! View quote
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Blessed are those eyes that have seen more water than any man! Blessed be that haughty mind that aimed at the greatest hope! View quote
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Someone within me is struggling to lift a great weight, to cast off the mind and flesh by overcoming habit, laziness, necessity. View quote
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The primordial Spirit branches out, overflows, struggles, fails, succeeds, trains itself. It is the Rose of the Winds. View quote
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This is our epoch, good or bad, beautiful or ugly, rich or poor - we did not choose it. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
God huddles in a knot in every cell of flesh. View quote
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Let us accept Necessity courageously. View quote
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A slave's soul has no worth, my brothers; it lacks strength to tread on this great earth with gallantry and freedom. View quote
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General, the battle draws to a close and I make my report. This is where and how I fought. I fell wounded, lost heart, but did not desert. Though my teeth clattered from fear, I bound my forehead tightly with a red handkerchief to hide the blood, and ran to the assault. View quote
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I know well that only words, that words alone, like the high mountains, have no fear of age or death. View quote
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From every joy and pain a hope leaps out eternally to escape this pain and to widen joy. View quote
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Eros? What other name may we give that impetus which becomes enchanted as soon as it casts its glance on matter and then longs to impress its features upon it? View quote
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The major and almost only theme of all my work is the struggle of man with "God" View quote
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Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. View quote
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Let us unite, let us hold each other tightly, let us merge our hearts, let us create - so long as the warmth of this earth endures, so long as no earthquakes, cataclysms, icebergs or comets come to destroy us - let us create for Earth a brain and a heart, let us give a human meaning to the superhuman struggle. (Nikos Kazantzakis)
I thank God that this refreshing childhood vision still lives inside me in all its fullness of color and sound. This is what keeps my mind untouched by wastage, keeps it from withering and running dry. It is the sacred drop of immortal water which prevents me from dying. View quote
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Inhuman solitude made of sand and God. View quote
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Let people be, boss; don't open their eyes. And supposing you did, what'd they see? Their misery! Leave their eyes closed, boss, and let them go on dreaming! View quote
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Tomorrow, go forth and stand before the Lord. A great and strong wind will blow over you and rend the mountains and break in pieces the rocks, but the Lord will not be in the wind. And after the wind and earthquake, but the Lord will not be in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord will not be in the fire. And after the fire a gentle, cooling breeze. That is where the Lord will be. View quote
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