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Life on earth means: the sprouting of wings.
Nikos Kazantzakis
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Age: 74 †
Born: 1883
Born: February 18
Died: 1957
Died: October 26
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The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in the hold of the earth. But the more select, the captains, harken to a Siren within them...and royally squander their lives with her.
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Only after I've seen the visible can I imagine what the invisible is.
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The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical.
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Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
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The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.
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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'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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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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The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
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Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit.
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Before me is the abyss. How can I leap across it? And if I do not leap, how shall I ever be able to reach God?
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Inexperience loves to preach.
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Every obstacle in his journey became a milestone, an occasion for further triumph. We have a model in front of us now, a model who blazes our trail and gives us strength.
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May he be cursed on earth who gives his trust to virtue, that bankrupt crone who takes our life's pure gold and gives but bad receipts for payment in the lower world. Ah, passers-by that stroll, travelers that come and go, all that I had, I placed on virtue, and lost the game!
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Two equally steep and bold paths may lead to the same peak. To act as if death did not exist, or to act thinking every minute of death, is perhaps the same thing.
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All roads lead to the earth the abyss leads to God. Jump!
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I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
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No wide road leads to God.
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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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Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life.
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