Freedom was my first great desire. The second, which remains hidden within me to this day, tormenting me, was the desire for sanctity. Hero together with saint: such is mankind's supreme model.

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

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

What 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?

All the political, social, and economic improvements, all the technical progress cannot have any regenerating significance, so long as our inner life remains as it is at present. The more the intelligence unveils and violates the secrets of Nature, the more the danger increases and the heart shrinks.

Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God.

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.