In order to mount to the Cross, the summit of sacrifice, and to God, the summit of immateriality, Christ passed through all the stages which the man who struggles passes through. Nikos Kazantzakis Read Quote
Nothing is nearer to us than heaven. The earth is beneath our feet, and we tread upon it, but heaven is within us. Nikos Kazantzakis Read Quote
Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite. Nikos Kazantzakis Read Quote
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. Nikos Kazantzakis Read Quote
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. Nikos Kazantzakis Read Quote
A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. Nikos Kazantzakis Read Quote
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. Nikos Kazantzakis Read Quote
