Nikos Kazantzakis quotes

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive.

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.

Happiness is a simple everyday miracle, like water, and we are not aware of it.

One of man's greatest obligations is anger.

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight.

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.

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.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

I felt deep within me that 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!

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.

While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realise - sometimes with astonishment - how happy we had been.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle.