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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.