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.

Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle.

Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle.

Nikos Kazantzakis

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Nikos Kazantzakis

My 'Report to Greco' is not an autobiography.

My 'Report to Greco' is not an autobiography.

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

True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.

True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.

Nikos Kazantzakis

What a miracle life is and how alike are all souls when they send their roots down deep and meet and are one!

What a miracle life is and how alike are all souls when they send their roots down deep and meet and are one!

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

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

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