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A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
Nikos Kazantzakis
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Age: 74 †
Born: 1883
Born: February 18
Died: 1957
Died: October 26
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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
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Whoever climbed the Lord's mountain had to possess clean hands and an innocent heart otherwise the Summit would kill him. Today the doorway is deserted. Soiled hands and sinful hearts are able to pass by without fear, for the Summit kills no longer.
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Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.
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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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As long as there are flowers and children and birds in the world, have no fears: everything will be fine.
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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.
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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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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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Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand.
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Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.
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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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Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life.
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All the political, social, and economic improvements, all the technical progress cannot have any regenerating significance, so long as our inner life remains as it is at present. The more the intelligence unveils and violates the secrets of Nature, the more the danger increases and the heart shrinks.
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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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Monarch of earth, I shall confess my secret craft: I've always fought to purify wild flame to light, and kindle whatever light I found to burst in flame.
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Die every day. Be reborn again every day.
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In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.
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