Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

Greece, Writer
February 18, 1883 – October, 26, 1957.

Nikos Kazantzakis (Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης [ˈnikos kazanˈd͡zacis]) was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years.

I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Nikos Kazantzakis
- Hope
- Free
- Fear
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.

Nikos Kazantzakis

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

Nikos Kazantzakis
Reach what you cannot.

Nikos Kazantzakis
- Reach
- Cannot
Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.

Nikos Kazantzakis
- Man
- Have
- Folly
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Nikos Kazantzakis
- Reality
- Change
- Eyes
There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness.

Nikos Kazantzakis
Go as far as you can. Go further than you can!

Nikos Kazantzakis
- Far
- Further
- You Can

A man needs a little madness, or else… he never dares cut the rope and be free.

Nikos Kazantzakis
- Free
- Madness
- Rope
As you walk, you cut open and create that river bed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow.

Nikos Kazantzakis
- Walk
- Stream
- Descendants
God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

Nikos Kazantzakis