The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation. Most often this struggle is unconscious and short-lived. A weak soul does not have the endurance to resist the flesh for very long. It grows heavy, becomes flesh itself, and the contest ends. But among responsible men, men who keep their eyes riveted day and night upon the Supreme Duty, the conflict between flesh and spirit breaks out mercilessly and may last until death.
Nikos KazantzakisBe sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and good have placed themselves in your hands.
Nikos KazantzakisLions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God.
Nikos KazantzakisThe heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love.
Nikos KazantzakisWhat happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become a dream. Can this be the meaning of paradise?
Nikos Kazantzakis