Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes - Page 2

Κάθε Έλληνας που δεν παίρνει, ας είναι και μια φορά στη ζωή του, μια γενναία απόφαση, προ�%B

Και το φως ορκίστηκε να μην παραδοθεί, μα το ξέρει, σωτηρία δεν υπάρχει, δεν θα παραδοθεί

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

It is impossible for me to remember how many days or weeks went by in this way. Time is round, and it rolls quickly.

What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death.

Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life.

How ought we to love God, Father?" he asked in a whisper.
"By loving men, my son"
"And how ought we to love men?"
"By trying to guide them along the right path"
"And what is the right path?"
"The one that rises"
- Nikos Kazanzakis, Christ Recrucified

…Man’s heart is a ditch full of blood. The loved ones who have died throw themselves down on the bank of this ditch to drink the blood and so come to life again; the dearer they are to you, the more of your blood they drink.” - The Narrator.

We are to blame if reality does not take the form we desire. Whatever we have not desired with sufficient strength, that we call nonexistent. Desire it, imbrue it with your blood, your sweat, your tears, and it will take on a body. Reality is nothing more than the chimera subjected to our desire and our suffering.

ولمْ تكنْ عيونهم تشتعل، لقد أطفأت الحرية التوق إلى الحرية. وتمددت الحياة كالماء الهادئ �

Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα,δε φοβάμαι τίποτα, είμαι ελεύθερος.

La mia anima viene da mondi migliori
ed ho un'inguaribile nostalgia delle stelle.

The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly, nothing with certainty.