As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of happiness.

There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba

My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.

My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.

so few in reality are the true necessities of man

Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.