When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemyโsome call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed.
Nikos KazantzakisYou have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.
Nikos KazantzakisI say one thing, you write another, and those who read you understand still something else! I say: cross, death, kingdom of heaven, God...and what do you understand? Each of you attaches his own suffering, interests and desires to each of these sacred words, and my words disappear, my soul is lost. I can't stand it any longer!
Nikos KazantzakisI said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.
Nikos Kazantzakis