Top 42 Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis

About Nikos Kazantzakis

These are some quotes by Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis Writer, who lived between February 18, 1883 and October 26, 1957.

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

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

Nikos Kazantzakis

I knew that no matter what door you knock on in a Cretan village, it will be opened for you. A meal will be served in your honor, and you will sleep between the best sheets in the house. In Crete, the stranger is still the unknown god. Before him, all doors and all hearts are opened.

Nikos Kazantzakis

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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

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

Nikos Kazantzakis

The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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.

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

Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.

Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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

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

Nikos Kazantzakis

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

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

Nikos Kazantzakis

God hates a half-devil ten times more than an arch-devil!

God hates a half-devil ten times more than an arch-devil!

Nikos Kazantzakis

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