With the world in the state it is today, whoever is virtuous must be so to the point of sainthood, and even beyond; whoever is a sinner must be so to the point of bestiality and even beyond. Today the middle road is no more.

How does the light of a star set out and plunge into black eternity in its immortal course? The star dies, but the light never dies; such also is the cry of freedom.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.

I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me.

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. inscription on Kazantakis's tomb in Heraklion, Greece