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Nikos Kazantzakis on Anniversary

1883–1957 Greece

← All quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis

8 quotes

The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love.

The Saviors of God (1923)

I said only one word, brought only one message: Love. Love — nothing else.

The Last Temptation of Christ (1955)

All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

Zorba the Greek (1946)

If you love me, be patient. Look at the trees. Are they in a hurry to ripen their fruit?

The Last Temptation of Christ (1955)

I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!

The Last Temptation of Christ (1955)

I know now: I do not hope for anything. I do not fear anything, I have freed myself from both the mind and the heart, I have mounted much higher, I am free.

The Saviors of God (1923)

Let us transfix this momentary eternity which encloses everything, past and future, but without losing in the immobility of language any of its gigantic erotic whirling.

The Saviors of God (1923)

But we, O blockhead, with dogged spite and armored love
shall force those deaf dark powers to grow ears and hear us!

The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nikos Kazantzakis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.