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
imagine invisible visible
Only after I've seen the visible can I imagine what the invisible is.
life battle weapons
I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!
strength journey giving
Every obstacle in his journey became a milestone, an occasion for further triumph. We have a model in front of us now, a model who blazes our trail and gives us strength.
struggle way sole
The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient.
heart ideas sunrise
When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of happiness.
Reach what you cannot
angel devil chance
The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.
prayer hands soul
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.
light darkness duty
I felt this was my duty ... to draw the thick ancestral darkness out of my loins and transform it ... into light.
men soul bars
The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings.
men together truth-is
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.
blessed men appearance
God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.
kindness mean punishment
There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness.
inspirational real eye
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.