Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakiswas a Greek writer, celebrated for his novels, which include Zorba the Greek, Christ Recrucified, Captain Michalis, and The Last Temptation of Christ. He also wrote plays, travel books, memoirs and philosophical essays such as The Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 February 1883
CityHeraklion, Greece
feet stills standing
The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.
color paradise paint
You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.
motivational faith believe
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.
change eye opportunity
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
freedom fear-nothing
I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
kindness mean compassion
What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers and the one who feels compassion. In kindness there are two: the one who gives and the one who receives. But in love there is only one; the two join, unite, become inseparable. The I and the you vanish. To love means to lose oneself in the beloved.
inspirational believe doe
By believing passionately in something that does not yet exist, we create it.
acted days responsibility
all these days acted with responsibility and seriousness over the matter.
The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
god inspirational speak
I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.
men special routes
Each man must have his own special route to lead him to God.
change cutting flow
As you walk, you cut open and create that riverbed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow.
knowledge men victory
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!
boss forgiving sin
There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba