Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

Confucius says: 'Many seek happiness higher than man; others beneath him. But happiness is the
same height as man.' That is true. So there must be a happiness to suit every man's stature.

I am a mariner of Odysseus with heart of fire but with mind ruthless and clear.

إن الانسان قلما يحس بالسعادة وهو يمارسها، فاذا ما انتهت سعادته ورجع ببصره إليها، أحس فجأة وبشيء من الدهشة في بعض الاحيان، بروعة السعادة التي كان ينعم بها

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.

كم هو حزين ان تسير بمفردك على ساحل البحر

I felt that human partitions — bodies, brains, and souls — were capable of being demolished, and that humanity might return again, after frightfully bloody wandering, to its primeval, divine oneness. In this condition, there is no such thing as "me", "you", and "he"; everything is a unity and this unity is a profound mystic intoxication in which death loses its scythe and ceases to exist. Separately, we die one by one, but all together we are immortal. Like prodigal sons, after so much hunger, thirst, and rebellion, we spread our arms and embrace our two parents: heaven and earth.

Happy the youth who believes that his duty is to remake the world and bring it more in accord with virtue and justice, more in accord with his own heart. Woe to whoever commences his life without lunacy.

The rosy mountain peaks laughed like high lustrous thoughts,
and Helen, speechless, raised her pale hands toward the sun
and joyed to feel its warm rays falling on her frozen palms.

أنا مخلوق مؤقت وضعيف، مصنوع من طين وأحلام، لكني أدرك أن في داخلي كل قوى الكون.

God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

لقد جاء أحدهم، لا شك بأنه الرب، الرب....أم هل كان الشيطان؟ فمن يستطيع أن يميز بينهما؟ إنهما يتبادلان وجهيهما، أحياناً يصبح الرب مسربلاً بالسواد. ويشع الضياء من الشيطان، و يتبلبل عقل الإنسان. إنهما يمثلان دربين، فأيهما يسلك، و أي دربٍ يختار؟

You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.

The great difference between us is this: you believe you have found salvation, and believing this, you are saved; I believe that salvation doesn’t exist, and believing this, I am saved.

الأفضل أن ترحَل بخفّة و تلتزِم العزلَة ، المناخ الطبيعيللإنسان ,,

Death gestured with his hands and bade the king thrice welcome.