Giorgos Seferis quotes

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends. (Giorgos Seferis)
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life. View quote
Giorgos Seferis
I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today. View quote
Giorgos Seferis
How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first? View quote
Giorgos Seferis
For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men. View quote
Giorgos Seferis
Like a bird with broken wing that has traveled through wind for years . . . I sleep and my heart stays awake . . . View quote
Giorgos Seferis
And a soul if it is to know itself must look into its own soul: the stranger and enemy, we've seen him in the mirror. View quote
Giorgos Seferis