402 Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis

Ah, if you could dance all that you’ve just said, then I’d understand.

You know all about love, but that is not enough. You must also learn that hate comes from God as well, that it too is in the Lord’s service. And in times like these, with the world fallen to the state it has, hate serves God more than love.

Life’s true face is the skull.

If the soul within us does not change, Judas, the world outside us will never change. The enemy is within, the Romans are within, salvation starts from within!

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.

All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven’t the time to write, and all those who have the time don’t live them! D’you see?

The right path is the ascent.

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.

Let your youth have free reign, it won’t come again, so be bold and no repenting.