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There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba
Nikos Kazantzakis
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Age: 74 †
Born: 1883
Born: February 18
Died: 1957
Died: October 26
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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.
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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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By believing passionately in that which doesn't exist, you create it and that which has not been sufficiently desired is what we call the non existent.
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No! No! Never acknowledge the limitations of man. Smash all boundaries! Deny whatever your eyes see. Die every moment, but say: Death does not exist.'
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The landscape affects the human psyche - the soul, the body and the innermost contemplations - like music. Every time you feel nature deeper you resonate better with her, finding new elements of balance and freedom.
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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 everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us but we are not destroyed.
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All roads lead to the earth the abyss leads to God. Jump!
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Ah, if you could dance all that you've just said, then I'd understand.
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Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
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Lord, bend me, or I shall rot. Lord do not bend me too much, for I shall break. Lord bend me too much, who cares if I break!
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How simple and frugal a thing is happiness.
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Be sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and good have placed themselves in your hands.
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I know now: I do not hope for anything. I do not fear anything, I have freed myself from both the mind and the heart, I have mounted much higher, I am free .
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