Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

One of man's greatest obligations is anger.

Life's true face is the skull.

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

With the passage of days in this godly isolation [desert], my heart grew calm. It seemed to fill with answers. I did not ask questions any more; I was certain. Everything - where we came from, where w...

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

Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.

Happiness is a simple everyday miracle, like water, and we are not aware of it.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.

I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge or Virtue or Goodness or Victory but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.

While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realise - sometimes with astonishment - how happy we ha...

When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage. An invisible and all-powerful enemy - some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to des...

What is love?It's not empathy, nor kindness.Empathy takes two, the one who hurts and the one who empathizes.Kindness takes two, the one who gives and the one who takes.But love takes just one.The two...

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown.