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! Nikos Kazantzakis attainawedeep Change image and share on social
My principal anguish, and the wellspring of all my joys and sorrows, has been the incessant merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh. Nikos Kazantzakis anguishbattleflesh Change image and share on social
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. Nikos Kazantzakis astonishmentbackconscious share on social
In religions which have lost their creative spark, the gods eventually become no more than poetic motifs or ornaments for decorating human solitude and walls. Nikos Kazantzakis creativedecorateeventually Change image and share on social
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. Nikos Kazantzakis callcouragedestroy share on social
Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite. Nikos Kazantzakis aphroditeaustereface Change image and share on social
Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels. Nikos Kazantzakis countrycreateperfect Change image and share on social
We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life. Nikos Kazantzakis abysscalldark Change image and share on social
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight. Nikos Kazantzakis alivebeltdeath Change image and share on social
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. Nikos Kazantzakis darknessenlightenmenteye Change image and share on social