Nikos Kazantzakis

How does the light of a star set out and plunge into black eternity in its immortal course? The star dies, but the light never dies; such also is the cry of freedom.

Nikos Kazantzakis

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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

I felt deep within me that 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

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

I fight to embrace the entire circle of human activity to the full extent of my ability.

Nikos Kazantzakis

I knew that over and above the truth, there exists another duty which is much more important and much more human.

Nikos Kazantzakis

I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!

Nikos Kazantzakis

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

Nikos Kazantzakis

I surrender myself to everything. I love, I feel pain, I struggle. The world seems to me wider than the mind, my heart a dark and almighty mystery.

Nikos Kazantzakis