the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!
Nikos KazantzakisA person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
Nikos KazantzakisEvery village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.
Nikos KazantzakisThe canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings.
Nikos KazantzakisBefore me is the abyss. How can I leap across it? And if I do not leap, how shall I ever be able to reach God?
Nikos KazantzakisMan hurries, God does not. That is why man's works are uncertain and maimed, while God's are flawless and sure. My eyes welling with tears, I vowed never to transgress this eternal law again. Like a tree I would be blasted by wind, struck by sun and rain, and would wait with confidence; the long-desired hour of flowering and fruit would come.
Nikos Kazantzakis