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Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes: Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in this way liberate the soul which it imprisons.
         

Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in this way liberate the soul which it imprisons.


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As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.



By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.



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

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



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.

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.



Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.



The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.



My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.

My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.



You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.

You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.



In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.



I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.

I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.





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Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams.



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They say that none of us exists, except in the imagination of his fellows, other than as an intangible, invisible mentality.



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Sometime we forget to value the small things, that inspire us more than the large! We should learn from daily than planning stupid future.



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As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky.



Come, eate thy fill of this thy God's white loaf. It's food too fine for Angels, yet come, take and eate thy fill. It's Heaven's Sugar Cake.

Come, eate thy fill of this thy God's white loaf. It's food too fine for Angels, yet come, take and eate thy fill. It's Heaven's Sugar Cake.



I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.

I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.



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