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Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired."

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."

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




Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "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 their own."

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 their own.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality."

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




Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet."

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars."

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



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go."

You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.




Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."

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



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed."

I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free."

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: Death does not exist.'"

No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: Death does not exist.'



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Go as far as you can. Go further than you can!"

Go as far as you can. Go further than you can!




Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me."

I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else."

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The only way to save yourself is to endeavor to save others."

The only way to save yourself is to endeavor to save others.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Three kinds of souls, three prayers: 1) I am a bow in your hands, Lord. Draw me, lest I rot. 2) Do not overdraw me, Lord. I shall break. 3) Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break."

Three kinds of souls, three prayers: 1) I am a bow in your hands, Lord. Draw me, lest I rot. 2) Do not overdraw me, Lord. I shall break. 3) Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Everything in this world has a hidden meaning."

Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "In religions which have lost their creative spark, the gods eventually become no more than poetic motifs or ornaments for decorating human solitude and walls."

In religions which have lost their creative spark, the gods eventually become no more than poetic motifs or ornaments for decorating human solitude and walls.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "How simple and frugal a thing is happiness."

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises."

God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "To succeed, you must first believe you can."

To succeed, you must first believe you can.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Be always restless, unsatisfied, unconforming. Whenever a habit becomes convenient, smash it! The greatest sin of all is satisfaction."

Be always restless, unsatisfied, unconforming. Whenever a habit becomes convenient, smash it! The greatest sin of all is satisfaction.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "You can knock on a deaf man's door forever."

You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels."

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness."

There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love."

The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "As long as there are flowers and children and birds in the world, have no fears: everything will be fine."

As long as there are flowers and children and birds in the world, have no fears: everything will be fine.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels."

The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too."

When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams."

What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness."

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



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble."

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Be sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and good have placed themselves in your hands."

Be sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and good have placed themselves in your hands.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh."

My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea."

Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "As you walk, you cut open and create that river bed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow."

As you walk, you cut open and create that river bed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "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!"

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!



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Reach what you cannot"

Reach what you cannot



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Time is round, and it rolls quickly."

Time is round, and it rolls quickly.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen."

I collect my tools: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing, intellect. Night has fallen.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings."

The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go."

If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?"

All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create god, that god is not man's ancestor, but his descendant."

The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create god, that god is not man's ancestor, but his descendant.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba"

There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "I felt this was my duty, my sole duty: to reconcile the irreconcilables, to draw the thick ancestral darkness out of my loins and transform it, to the best of my ability, into light."

I felt this was my duty, my sole duty: to reconcile the irreconcilables, to draw the thick ancestral darkness out of my loins and transform it, to the best of my ability, into light.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "It doesn't matter whether or not you have a head, you must wear the right sort of hat"

It doesn't matter whether or not you have a head, you must wear the right sort of hat



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand."

Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand.



Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: "The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action."

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.