Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. Nikos Kazantzakis More Quotes by Nikos Kazantzakis More Quotes From Nikos Kazantzakis You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary for me to be killed and for you to betray me. We two must save the world. Help me." Judas bowed his head. After a moment he asked, "If you had to betray your master, would you do it?" Jesus reflected for a long time. Finally he said, "No, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to. That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task: to be crucified. Nikos Kazantzakis brother two jesus You do miracles if you concentrate your mind on one thing and one thing only. Nikos Kazantzakis one-thing miracle mind May he be cursed on earth who gives his trust to virtue, that bankrupt crone who takes our life's pure gold and gives but bad receipts for payment in the lower world. Ah, passers-by that stroll, travelers that come and go, all that I had, I placed on virtue, and lost the game! Nikos Kazantzakis gold games giving I was ill before I fell ill. Nikos Kazantzakis ill O Sun, great Oriental, my proud mind's golden cap, Nikos Kazantzakis play heart song I hate all virtues based on food and bloated bellies; though food and drink are good, I'm better slaked and fed by that inhuman flame which burns in our black bowels. I like to name that flame which burns within me God! Nikos Kazantzakis flames hate names Happy the youth who believes that his duty is to remake the world and bring it more in accord with virtue and justice, more in accord with his own heart. Woe to whoever commences his life without lunacy. Nikos Kazantzakis justice heart believe Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time. Nikos Kazantzakis village doe time How could I, who loved life so intensely, have let myself be entangled for so long in that balderdash of books and paper blackened with ink! Nikos Kazantzakis ink long book Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare bird which we must pursue at one moment in heaven, at the next in our minds. Happiness is a domestic bird found in our own courtyards. Nikos Kazantzakis bird men heaven Monarch of earth, I shall confess my secret craft: I've always fought to purify wild flame to light, and kindle whatever light I found to burst in flame. Nikos Kazantzakis flames light secret Good Lord, how can the rich bear to die? Nikos Kazantzakis rich lord bears Alas for him who seeks salvation in good only! Balanced on God's strong shoulders, Good and Evil flap together like two mighty wings and lift him high. Nikos Kazantzakis strong wings two so few in reality are the true necessities of man Nikos Kazantzakis men reality 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. Nikos Kazantzakis sainthood today world Everything in this world has a hidden meaning. Nikos Kazantzakis hidden-meaning this-world world There is only one woman in the world. One woman, with many faces. Nikos Kazantzakis one-woman faces world My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry. Nikos Kazantzakis commentary cry soul Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God. Nikos Kazantzakis light fire evil Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break. Nikos Kazantzakis who-cares break lord
