QUOTES by Nikos Kazantzakis
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Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive.
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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.
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What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.
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Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting.
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You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.
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We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.
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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?
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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!
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For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm.
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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
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Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.
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You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.
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Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.
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I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.
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The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.
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Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
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A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free.
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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.
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God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.
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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.
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