Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

Picture Quotes

Image Gallery

Image Gallery

Quotes

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

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

- Nikos Kazantzakis

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

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

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

- Nikos Kazantzakis

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

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

- Nikos Kazantzakis

Life is a crusade in the service of God. Whether we wished to or not, we set out as crusaders to free - not the Holy Sepulcher - but that God buried in matter and in our souls.

Life is a crusade in the service of God. Whether we wished to or not, we set out as crusaders to free - not the Holy Sepulcher - but that God buried in matter and in our souls.

- Nikos Kazantzakis

We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.

We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.

- Nikos Kazantzakis

Every man is half God, half man; he is both spirit and flesh. That is why the mystery of Christ is not simply a mystery for a particular creed: It is universal.

Every man is half God, half man; he is both spirit and flesh. That is why the mystery of Christ is not simply a mystery for a particular creed: It is universal.

- Nikos Kazantzakis

Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle.

Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle.

- Nikos Kazantzakis

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

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

- Nikos Kazantzakis

Similar Authors: