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Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: 8

  • I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

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

  • True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown.

  • If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.

    Zorba the Greek
  • You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.

    Zorba the Greek
  • How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. . . . All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

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

  • Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.