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Alas for him who seeks salvation in good only! Balanced on God's strong shoulders, Good and Evil flap together like two mighty wings and lift him high.
Nikos Kazantzakis
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Age: 74 †
Born: 1883
Born: February 18
Died: 1957
Died: October 26
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God sends rain, but He also sends hoods and when the rain grows heavier, He sends a cave.
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This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.
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Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
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Be always restless, unsatisfied, unconforming. Whenever a habit becomes convenient, smash it! The greatest sin of all is satisfaction.
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Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.
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All roads lead to the earth the abyss leads to God. Jump!
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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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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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Only after I've seen the visible can I imagine what the invisible is.
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There's a devil inside me which cries, You're not the son of the Carpenter, you're the son of King David! You are not a man, you are the Son of man whom Daniel prophesied. And still more: The Son of God! And still more: God!
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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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How simple and frugal a thing is happiness.
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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.
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He who is invisible sees more clearly, hears more clearly, and is better able to read the thoughts of men.
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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
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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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I say one thing, you write another, and those who read you understand still something else! I say: cross, death, kingdom of heaven, God...and what do you understand? Each of you attaches his own suffering, interests and desires to each of these sacred words, and my words disappear, my soul is lost. I can't stand it any longer!
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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
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The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical.
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No wide road leads to God.
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